Leadership & Power
One key contribution of women’s leadership experiences is demonstrating the importance of the leadership practice that involves working together toward common goals
What is collaboration?
True leadership is measured by this, not by holding a title
What is influence or impact?
This is the Greek word in the bible meaning “miracle working ability”
What is Dunamis?
This article suggests that leadership and power are connected because both involve this.
What is influence?
When a minister or lay worship leader finds the “right congregation” this happens
What is Empowered Leadership.
Freeman and Bourque challenge the idea that leadership belongs to a single __________________
individual,
What is a heroic leader?
Effective leaders help others discover this in themselves
What is leadership potential?
Biblical empowerment is about surrendering this
What is personal pride?
Power is healthiest when it is shared rather than this
What is hoarded or controlled?
This can be an emergency operation heroic yet hopeless
What is Leadership?
This leadership characteristic involves encouraging others to develop their abilities and participation in decision-making.
What is empowerment?
This article challenges the idea that leadership must always look like this
What is hierarchy or authority?
The primary agent of empowerment in the New Testament
What is the Holy Spirit?
The article encourages readers to think critically about who has this in society
What is power?
Via talk mainline church leaders (both clergy and congregation leaders) have this skill.
What is Storytelling?
The authors argue that study women’s experiences helps __________________ leadership theory beyond traditional models.
What is broaden?
Empowerment means helping people gain this
What is confidence, agency or voice?
Biblical empowerment often peaks during human ________________
What is human frailty.
One way people resist oppression is by exercising this.
What is power or agency?
You can strengthen your ministry if you are in relation with__________________
Who is your whole congregation?
Leadership emerges when people work together toward achieve these and create positive change.
What are common goals?
The ultimate goal of leadership is not power over people but power used for this
What is helping others flourish?
Empowerment in the bible is not meant for self promotion or dominance but rather for this
What are good works and advancing God’s kin-dom?
The article suggests that real power helps others gain this
What is empowerment?
True or false: Empowering others means the leader gives up all responsibility
What is false