Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission

by Barentsen, Jack

• ISBN13: 9781610972444
• ISBN10: 1610972449
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-04
• Publisher: Pickwick Pubns

Summary

Where did Paul find leaders for his new churches? How did he instruct and develop them? What processes took place to stabilize the churches and institute their new leadership? This book carves a fresh trail in leadership studies by looking at leadership development from a group-dynamic, social identity perspective. Paul engages the cultural leadership patterns of his key local leaders, publicly affirming, correcting, and improving those patterns to conform to a Christlike pattern of sacrificial service. Paul's own life and ministry offer a motivational and authoritative model for his followers, because he embodies the leadership style he teaches. As a practical theologian avant la lettre, Paul contextualizes key theological themes to strengthen community and leadership formation, and equips his church leaders as entrepreneurs of Christian identity. A careful comparison of the Corinthian and Ephesian churches demonstrates a similar overall pattern of development. This study engages Pauline scholarship on church office in depth and offers alternative readings of five Pauline epistles, generating new insights to enrich dogmatic and practical theological reflection. In a society where many churches reflect on their missional calling, such input from the New Testament for contemporary Christian leadership formation is direly needed. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jack Barentsen, born and raised in the Netherlands, served as missionary church planter in his native country and now serves as Assistant Professor of Practical Theology and New Testament at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit at Leuven, Belgium (www.etf.edu). He also serves as Secretary of the Institute of Leadership and Ethics at ETF, speaking on leadership and offering consulting services to church leadership teams.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. x
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Developing Patterns of Leadership
Pauline Correspondence to Corinth and Ephesus
The Social Identity Model of Leadership
Definitions
The Plan of the Book
The Ideological Challenge of Church Leadership Studies	p. 16
Beginnings
Modern Historical Scholarship and Denominational Ideology
The Turn to the Social Sciences
Rethinking Leadership in Terms of the First Century
Authority and Ideology in a Group Context
The Challenge to Integrate Social and Ideological Factors
The Social Identity Model of Leadership	p. 32
Foundations of the Social Identity Approach
Social Identification Processes
Leaders as (Competing) Managers of Social Identity
Developing Leadership Patterns
Conclusion: The Social Identity Model of Leadership
Realigning Emerging Leadership with Christian Social Identity in 1 Corinthians	p. 75
Situating the Corinthian Correspondence in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Corinthian Community in 55 C.E.
The Corinthian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Paul's Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Corinth in 55 C.E.
Conclusions
Reescablishing Paul's Leadership as Model in 2 Corinthians	p. 112
Situating 2 Corinthians in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Corinthian Community in 56 C.E.
The Corinthian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Paul's Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Corinth in 56 C.E.
Conclusions
Leadership Legitimation and Empowerment in Ephesians	p. 141
Situating Ephesians in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Ephesian Community in 61 C.E.
The Ephesian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Paul's Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Ephesus in 61 C.E.
Conclusions
Structuring Leadership and Group Participation in Timothy	p. 184
Excursus: The Authorship and Social Context of 1ù2 Timothy
Situating 1 Timothy in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Ephesian Community in 63 C.E.
The Ephesian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Pauls Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Ephesus in 63 C.E.
Conclusions
Correcting Leadership Misconceptions and Establishing Succession in 2 Timothy	p. 252
Situating 2 Timothy in Paul's Ministry
Social Identification in the Ephesian Community in 66 C.E.
The Ephesian Leaders as Managers of Christian Social Identity
Paul's Leadership as Identity Management
The Development of Local Leadership Patterns at Ephesus in 66 C.E.
Conclusions
Conclusions and Implications: Emerging Leadership in the Pauline Mission	p. 290
Developing Leadership Patterns in Corinth and Ephesus
Comparison of Leadership Patterns in Corinth and Ephesus
Paul's Advocacy of Uniform Patterns of Leadership
Implications for Further Research
Paul: Social Strategist, Situational Theologian
Bibliography	p. 327
Author Index	p. 347
Subject Index	p. 355
Scripture Index	p. 369
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