Mark

Kay and others,

Regarding ‘servant leadership’ i don’t have a great deal to say. I do believe it is a biblical principle. John 13 which Kay quoted above clearly indicates this. Jesus as our supreme leader set us an example to follow. Now regardless of peoples distain for mega churches or terminology, the principle behind servant leadership is biblical. It is biblical because we have leaders in the church. It is biblical because Jesus sets an example of how these leaders should act.

I’d like to suggest contrary to Lin that the majority of leaders within the church do not want to lord it over other people. The fact is simple. In the early church, leaders were established to govern and protect the church. It is true that we should not lord it over others, yet that does not remove the authority that these early church leaders had. For example Timothy is commanded several times to deal with false doctrine, establish elders. Now none of this can happen without leadership authority.

Kay i haven’t read that post yet