Not-So-With-You
A Servant Leadership Imperative for Christendom Enhancement
Dr. Madana Kumar, PhD
Table of Contents | |
| Dedication | i |
| Acknowledgements | v |
| Foreword: Ian Payne | vii |
| Foreword : Lyle Tard | x |
| Foreword: Rajan Mathews | xii |
| Preface | xiii |
| Introduction | xvi |
| Why should you read this book? | xvi |
| How to read this book! | xvii |
| Who will benefit from this book? | xvii |
| Part 1: Leadership in the Bible | 1 |
| Chapter 1: Use of Power | 2 |
| Leadership and Power | 2 |
| God’s Leadership Sketch | 3 |
| God’s Leadership Sketch Completed in Jesus | 9 |
| Chapter 2: It is about Others | 15 |
| Servant Leader defined | 15 |
| Accepting another’s greatness: Two contrasting examples | 16 |
| Jesus makes it Practical for day-to-day living | 17 |
| Headship and Servant Leadership: Can they go together? | 18 |
| Chapter 3: Living by Values, Leading by Values | 23 |
| Being HIS through Humility | 23 |
| Being HIS through Integrity | 28 |
| Being HIS through Simplicity | 32 |
| Chapter 4: Success Vs Significance | 38 |
| Life of Survival and Life of Self-abasement | 38 |
| Antidote to Survival and Self-abasement lives: Honesty: A three-legged stool | 39 |
| Life of Success and Life of Significance | 43 |
| Part 2: Leadership in the Church : Conspicuous by Absence of Servanthood | 47 |
| Chapter 5: Apostles to Augustine | 49 |
| End of Persecution: Beginning of Corruption? | 49 |
| Fight against Heresies or Power struggle for supremacy? | 50 |
| Power Concentration in the Office of the Bishop | 52 |
| Power influence in Doctrine | 56 |
| From being persecuted to becoming persecutors | 56 |
| The Papal Office | 57 |
| A Silver Lining in History: Augustine | 58 |
| Chapter 6: Augustine to Luther | 62 |
| The lure of office | 62 |
| The State Vs Church Power struggle | 63 |
| Multiple Popes, More corruption | 63 |
| Corruption grows as a Cancer in the Body of Christ | 64 |
| A Silver Lining in History: Martin Luther | 66 |
| Human Leaders are Imperfect | 68 |
| Chapter 7: Luther to The Great Awakening | 70 |
| Reformation: an uncontrolled force | 70 |
| Radical effects of Reformation and persecution within | 71 |
| Impact of Reformation inside Catholic Church | 72 |
| Wars in the name of Doctrines and Spiritual decline | 73 |
| The Great Awakening | 74 |
| An Epilogue on the History of Servant Leadership in Christ’s Church | 77 |
| Part 3 : How do I become a Servant Leader? | 79 |
| Chapter 8: DEEP BHC behaviours and the driving attributes | 82 |
| The Menorah FOLD (Framework of Leadership Development) | 82 |
| The Seven DEEP BHC Behaviours of a Servant Leader | 87 |
| The Ten Attributes of a Servant Leader | 90 |
| The 3-7-10 Structure | 91 |
| Chapter 9: Visionary Attributes of Servant Leadership | 94 |
| Conceptualization: The attribute that makes Servant Leaders dream BIG | 95 |
| Foresight: An intuitive balancing of experiences and reality | 98 |
| Chapter 10: Character Attributes of Servant Leadership | 102 |
| Healing: Freeing ourselves from prisons through grace and forgiveness | 102 |
| Awareness: The foundation for leadership | 110 |
| Stewardship | 113 |
| Character Attributes of a Servant Leader- Summary | 117 |
| Chapter 11: Relationship Attributes of Servant Leadership | 119 |
| Listening | 119 |
| Persuasion | 122 |
| Empathy | 125 |
| Commitment to the Growth of Others | 128 |
| Building Community | 130 |
| Relationship Attributes Summary | 133 |
| Conclusion | 135 |
| Addendum: Practical Tools for Application | I |
| Knowledge to Transformation: A four-tiered approach | II |
| The 360 Degree Survey | IV |
| The S.L.I.C.E workshop | XII |
| The Practice Guide | XIV |
| Coaching Support | XIX |
| Self-Reliance plans for Organisations through Certifications | XX |
| Endorsements | a |
| About the Author | A |
