Today, there is a rapidly growing sense of impending crisis with dire consequences for all humanity. The way humanity currently lives on earth is no longer sustainable. The incidence and course of human misery and suffering and the likelihood of extinction are increasing signifi…
The purpose of this case study was to define clearly and to identify the programmatic elements that support positive adolescent decision-making for students at a private New England high school. Knowledge generated is expected to inform secondary school teachers and administrato…
This study uses priests’ servant leadership style to investigate its impact on their level of commitment to fostering Catholic school identity mediated by work engagement. Servant leadership is an inner desire to serve others. The purpose of this study was to explore priests’ pe…
Recognizing the need for a biblically based leader-development program, the project director identified a need for a strategy to develop new leaders at Antioch Baptist Church in Fairfax Station, Virginia. Although existing leaders need leadership development, he intentionally fo…
This servant-leadership project involves cultivating a Pastor-Deacon Ministry anchored in biblical manhood and womanhood at Monterey Baptist Church in Batavia, Ohio. Chapter 1 offers the background for Monterey Baptist Church by presenting the need for cultivating a Pastor-Deaco…
This project sought to understand how pastors can train ministry leaders to build effective ministries. Chapter 1 describes Ridgedale Church’s ministry context and the project’s goals. Chapter 2 examines the biblical rationale for implementing an equipping program by examining M…
In the earlier periods of Sub-Sahara Africa, leadership was characterized by competence, wholeness, and compassion. Sectional leaders functioned as "servants" to the clans and were removed when they became autocratic. (Banutu-Gomez, 2001; Masango, 2003) Sub-Saharan Africans admi…
This dissertation explored antecedents of public service motivation (PSM) in the Turkish public administration context. Data was collected from two occupational groups of middle managers working in the public sector. Findings obtained from inferential statistical techniques conf…
The purpose of this project is to train the leaders of Haret El-Ballaneh Alliance Church (HEBAC) in Lebanon. This project was born out of my desire and the need in the Alliance Churches in Lebanon to develop the church leadership effectively through the leadership training modul…
Leadership has long been something of great interest to humanity, including faith-based organizations. Jesus Christ is the embodiment of leadership. As such, faith-based leaders want to follow the leadership model that best fits the leadership model Jesus employed in the New Tes…
This research is a study on the importance of training servant leaders in the local church. It addressed the lack of equipped leadership in the Pekin Church of Christ. This writer’s experience has convinced him the dissolution of the local eldership came about due to a lack of e…
The issue of leadership is complex, and one of the main issues facing Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) pastors and leaders today concerns capturing the attention of young people and motivating them to participate in efforts that lead to accomplishing the organizational goal…
This study examines the phenomenon of servant leadership in the Nigerian context. It sought to understand the phenomenon from the lived experiences of leaders of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private organizations in Ibadan and Lagos in the Southwest region, particula…
In the book of Acts, Barnabas was depicted as a leader of impeccable character. Yet little research has been done regarding his leadership methods. Therefore, this research sought to determine whether Barnabas utilized Transformational Leadership Theory or Servant Leadership The…
The leadership styles of religious leaders are therefore questionable as to whether they are in line with the 21st century paradigm shift of leadership styles characterized by career professional leaders. The problem addressed by this study is that the bias and existing paradigm…
Although servant leadership is one of the newest leadership styles, K-12 education requires more research on the antecedents and the theoretical foundation of systems theory of religion related to servant leadership. It is not known how or why school leaders' religious upbringin…
This study explored the tenets of modern servant leadership originated by Greenleaf (1970), as applied to the self-perception of AmeriCorps volunteers who committed to one year of service. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to determine whether volunteers who commit to o…
Torti Ufere Torti (1939-1984) was a native of Okpo Ihechiowa, a sub-group of the Igbo community in the southeast of what is now Nigeria. The people of Okpo note that it takes a village to raise a child. As such, they taxed themselves in order to financially support Torti through…