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God-image of Servant King as powerful but vulnerable and serving: Towards transforming African church leadership at an intersection of African kingship and biblical kingship to servant leadership
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Christianity is mediated through culture and people’s cultural practices. One such cultural practice is African kingship. African kingship conveys on the ruler sovereignty, power, authority and supremacy over people under one’s jurisdiction. Intricately linked to respect for elders and those in power, African church leaders are at an intersection of the African kingship leadership style and the biblical kingship leadership style. Consciously or unconsciously, church leaders tend to embrace the African kingship approach to leadership and to a lesser extent biblical servant leadership. In such a situation, what God-image of biblical leadership could be discerned for constructive church leadership? In response, the God-image of Servant King as all powerful God, although vulnerable and serving, provides the framework for a transformative approach to church leadership in Africa.
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- Authors
- Magezi, V.
- Affiliations
- North-West University (ZA)
- Corresponding author
- Magezi, Vhumani
- ORCID
- Magezi, Vhumani
- Venue
- HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
- Publisher
- AOSIS
- Published
- 2015-02-06
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 0259-9422 (ISSN-L)
- 2072-8050
- OpenAlex
- W2178284598
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Christian Theology and Mission
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education
- Keywords
- image of God, servant leadership, biblical kingship, African kingship, church leadership, African churches, vulnerability, transformative leadership
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