Christian Egalitarian Leadership () von Aída Besançon Spencer

Much has been written on servant leadership, but it is not always tied to egalitarian leadership. Sometimes authority and power instead of God's love are presented as the core of the Christian faith. The church at times derails, imitating worldly culture, emphasizing entitlement that relies on an innate or permanent human hierarchy of rank. Responding to today's conflict over leadership, Christian Egalitarian Leadership calls us back to its biblical roots: what is Christian egalitarian leadership? Why is it biblical? How does it work? Thoughtful and devout Christian leaders carefully explain how sharing leadership follows God's intentions and is crucial to implement today.The theoretical and practical ramifications of these concepts are extended to many areas of the Christian life by numerous qualified individuals, women and men of different races and economic and social classes. Chapters overview New Testament teachings, biblical authority, Old Testament and contemporary examples, God's intention at creation, pagan philosophy's influence on Christian hierarchal leadership, multicultural and multi-ethnic leadership in the United States and Africa, marriage, rearing children, equipping youth and laity, church planting, retirement, and missions, from the cradle to the mission field.

Aída Besançon Spencer is Senior Professor of New Testament and William David Spencer is Distinguished Ranked Adjunct Professor of Theology and the Arts at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. They are both Presbyterian ministers with over forty years experience in teaching and over fifty years in urban ministry. Together and separately, they have authored/edited over twenty-five books, includingBeyond the Curse: Women Called to Ministry; Empowering English Language Learners;the novelCave of Little Faces; Joy through the Night: Biblical Resources on Suffering; New Covenant Commentaries on 1 and2 Timothyand Titus;and, most recently,A Commentary on James.