The Quality of our Institutions - Churches
The term 'Servant Leadership' has recently been hijacked by many churches as a way to talk about leadership within their organization. While a small minority certainly "get it", it is obvious that for many they have never even taken the time to read any of Robert Greenleaf's writings.
Greenleaf was quite concerned about the leadership within churches and seminaries. In fact, one of my favorite books, Seeker and Servant - Reflections on Religious Leadership, is dedicated entirely to this topic.
Here is what Greenleaf said about churches in 1974:
The churches, which once gave security and hope by presuming to mediate between God and human beings, continue to function this way even though many persons, including faithful church attenders, now seek their values in their own experience. As a consequence, the alienated and purposeless have multiplied to devastating proportions for want of sufficient value-shaping influence that once was the churches' major role. And the large human (and material) resources of churches seem to be groping for a way to serve.
Greenleaf was quite concerned about the leadership within churches and seminaries. In fact, one of my favorite books, Seeker and Servant - Reflections on Religious Leadership, is dedicated entirely to this topic.
Here is what Greenleaf said about churches in 1974:
The churches, which once gave security and hope by presuming to mediate between God and human beings, continue to function this way even though many persons, including faithful church attenders, now seek their values in their own experience. As a consequence, the alienated and purposeless have multiplied to devastating proportions for want of sufficient value-shaping influence that once was the churches' major role. And the large human (and material) resources of churches seem to be groping for a way to serve.
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