Servant Leadership: Jesus' Style

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SERVANT LEADERSHIP: JESUS’ STYLE AN ASSIGNMENT BY OLATUNBI GANI OLALEKAN MATRIC NO: 96116 COURSE: CHURCH LEADERSHIP IN CONTEMPORARY TIME LECTURER: REV. DR. SUNDAY ADEMOLA ISHOLA LIFE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, IKORODU OCTOBER 2012 NAME: OLATUNBI GANI OLALEKAN; MATRIC NO: 96116 TOPIC: SERVANT LEADERSHIP: JESUS’ STYLE OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION II. WHAT IS CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ? III. A BIBLICAL BASE FOR UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP IV. WHAT IS SERVANT-LEADERSHIP V. CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVANT-LEADERSHIP VI. THE SERVANT LEADERSHIP MODEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST VII. MARVEL AT THE LORD JESUS’ STYLE VIII. SERVANT LEADERSHIP AS A WAY OF LIFE IX. CONCLUSION SERVANT LEADERSHIP: JESUS’ STYLE INTRODUCTION Philippians 2:4-8 is an interesting passage to consider as we think about servant leadership. It says, Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross! There are many implications within this passage: Every man is told to “look also to the interests of others.” The implication is one of equality between man and man. We are not to just consider our own things, but also those of others. Just as man is equal with man, Jesus is equal with God. But equality of personhood and role have different implications. Jesus, though equal with God, took the role of a servant and became man. But whose servant did he become? The rest of the passage helps us understand
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