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Leadership Paradigm and Missional Faithfulness: An Examination of Adaptive Leadership

Paul D. MacPherson

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The ecclesiastical world has operated primarily from a technical leadership paradigm. The technical paradigm is hierarchical and relies heavily on previously implemented modes of operation and problem-solving. Society’s rapidly growing attitudes of suspicion and disinterest toward the church, and the church’s seeming indifference or inability to respond to these attitudes of suspicion and disinterest is forcing the church to re-think its approach to ministerial leadership. Thus, it is imperative that the church embrace a paradigm of leadership that will allow the local congregation to transition from an understanding of mission focused on the institutional/organizational preservation to an understanding of mission that is congruent with the missional and relational nature of the triune God. This paradigm of leadership, called adaptive leadership, calls the church to develop missionally faithful resilient leaders who operate within an adaptive context. Through the examination of various case studies, the reader will find examples from which their own adaptive leadership capacity can be developed.

Leadership Paradigm and Missional Faithfulness: An Examination of Adaptive Leadership

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Paul D. MacPherson