SERVANT LEADERSHIP
SERVANT LEADERSHI
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“WHOEVER WANTS TO BECAOME GREAT AMONG
YOU MUST BE YOUR SERVANT, AND WHOEVER WANTS TO BE FIRST MUST YOUR SLAVE” (MATTHEW
20:26-28
BIBLICAL FOUNDATION
WHAT IS SERVANT
?
THE WORD SERVANT DERIVES
FROM LATIN WORD SEVIRE MEANS
SUBMISSION OF
ONESELF.
SERVANT IS DEFINED AS “A PERSON WHO PERFORMS
DUTIES FOR OTHERS, ESPECIALLY A PERSON
EMPLOYED I A HOUSE IN A DOMESTIC DUTIES OR AS A
PERSONAL ATTENDANT” (OXFORD, 2009).
SERVANT IS ASSOCIATED WITH
SERVICE RENDERED WITH REMUNERATIONS IS EQUATED WITH THE SERVICE RENDERED.
IN OUR FILIPINO COMMUNITY AND CULTURE, SERVANTS ARE
REFFERED TO PUBLIC SERVANTS, HOUSE
SERVANTS/DOMESTIC SERVANTS, AND SERVANTS
WHO GUARD PRIVATE HOUSES, THINGS, AND PEOPLE AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MASTERS.
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SERVANT LEADERSHIP IS DIFFERENT
FROM THE COMMON
DEFINITION OF SERVANT.
A SERVANT LEADER DOES NOT
EXPECT ANY PAYMENTS FROM THE
SERVICE BEING RENDERED BUT PURE
A SERVICE.
SERVANT LEADERS ARE PROJECTED IN THE CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP LIKE HAVING MEDICAL
MISSIONS, CHARITABLE WORKS THROUGH FEEDING PROGRAMS,
AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY LIKE TEACHING CATHECHISM IN PUBLIC
SCHOOL WITHOUT ANY REMUNERATION – PURELY
SERVICEFOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND HIS PEOPLE.
IN ANY OFFICES AND SCHOOL CAMPUSES,
ANYONE CAN BECOME A SERVANT LEADER LIKE
SERVING AS FACULTY OFFICER WIHTHOUT ANY
REMUNERATION, A STUDENT WHOSERVES IN A STUDENT COUNCIL, AND AN EMPLOYEES’ WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS WITHOUT ANY REMUNERATION AT
ALL.
SERVANT LEADERS ENTAIL SERVICE EVEN TO
THEIR OWN EXPENSE AND GIVING EXTRA
EFFORTS FOR THE SAKE OF COMMON GOOD AND SMOOTH RELATIONSHIP
AMONG STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES AND
MANAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY.
BIBLICAL
LEADERSHIP
IMAGES
THERE ARE THREE STRIKING RECURRENT BIBLICAL IMAGES OF
LEADERSHIP IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ALL BEGINNING
WITH THE LETTER ‘S’:
SERVANT,
SHEPERD AND
STEWARD.
AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP IS FOLLOWING JESUS
CHRIST AS PROPOSED BY THESE GOSPEL IMAGES OF SERVANT, SHEPERD
AND STEWARD.
“THE SERVANT IS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE LEADER AS SERVANT THROUGH SERVICE, SUPPORT
AND EMPOWERMENT. AS JESUS SAID, “I AM AMONG YOU AS ONE WHO SERVES” (LK
22:27).
CHRISTIAN LEADER,
WHETHER IN CHURCH,
BUSINESS AND CIVIC
ORGANIZATION, “MUST SEE HIS OR HER WORK TRULY
AS MINISTRY.
WHAT DO YOU DO MUST BE BASED ON
WHO YOU ARE: SERVANT, SHEPERD AND
STEWARD OF THE LORD.
THROUGH YOUR LIFE AND LEADERSHIP SERVICE, YOU MUST TREAT OTHERS WITH
RESPECT, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS AND LOVE.
YOUR ACTION WILL MANIFEST OT THE WORLD ABOUT GOD’S LOVE, JUSTICE
AND CARE.
THE IMAGE OF SERVANT IN THE
HOLY BIBLE SPEAKS OF
GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE.
THANK YOU!