Date

10-16-2024

Department

Rawlings School of Divinity

Degree

Doctor of Education in Christian Leadership (EdD)

Chair

Brian Pinzer

Keywords

Situational Leadership, Men, Discipleship, Family Worship

Disciplines

Christianity | Leadership Studies

Abstract

God has designed the family to be the primary source of faith and spiritual formation, commanding all parents to pass along the faith and teach the commandments to their children. Scripture teaches that men hold a special role as the spiritual leader of the home. For men to fulfil this God appointed role they need to be trained and mentored. At the time of this research there was no formal ministry dedicated to the spiritual development of men at FBC Brandenburg. The purpose of this research was to test the Situational Leadership Model in a discipleship program designed to train and develop men for spiritual leadership in the home and family context. This program was intentionally designed to incorporate the situational leadership model within the program curriculum. The program included seven participants who were purposefully selected from married men within FBC Brandenburg and was conducted in eight weekly sessions. Men who completed the program were expected to grow in both ability and willingness to fulfil the role of spiritual leader of the home, by conducting family worship using the spiritual disciplines of Bible intake and prayer. Qualitative assessments were conducted using a pre/post-test design in the form of questionnaires delivered both before and after the program. Questionnaires were completed by both the participants and their wives and were designed to measure the impact of the situational leadership model on the performance readiness of the participant in the disciplines of Bible intake and prayer. Results from both participants and their wives showed an overall increase in the perceived spiritual leadership within the home. These results suggested that the situational leadership model can be an effective tool for the discipleship and development of men for spiritual leadership in the home.

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