What about Servant Leadership in the Old Testament – what does the Old Covenant teach concerning servant leaders? To research this concept the student will write a 1000 (+/- 10%) word paper n APA style based in a pericope of Scripture in the Old Testament explaining what is taught concerning the concept of servant leadership. The pericope is Joshua 1:1-9. The student will use inner texture analysis of socio rhetorical interpretation for the development of this project in the chosen text.
The project will answer these questions:
1. What does this pericope teach about leadership either positive or negative or both?
2. How does this compare with the contemporary model of servant leadership?
3. Does this text extend or challenge servant leadership?
4. How can this Biblical concept(s) of leadership be applied to ministry or business settings.
Make sure required readings are listed as references, and others are scholarly references not just internet articles.
Servant Leadership: Jesus and Paul by Dr. Efrain Agosto. Chalice Press, 2005. ISBN-13: 978-0827234635
Servants and Friends by Skip Bell. Andrews University Press, Berrien Springs, MI, 2
Insights on Leadership: Service, Stewardship, Spirit, and Servant-Leadership by Larry C. Spears
Servants and Friends by Skip Bell. Andrews University Press,
Secular and Christian Leadership in Corinth: A Socio-Historical and Exegetical Study of 1 Corinthians 1-6 by Andrew
D. Clarke. Wipf and Stock Publishers, Eugene, OR, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-1597529600
