Christian Leadership

Servant leadership – the abuse of key idea

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Peter Corney | Category: Christian Leadership

By Peter Corney
A worrying trend is at large in the Australian church today. The servant leadership model of Jesus is being misused and distorted to justify an inadequate style of leadership that is exercised by some pastors and ministers of local congregations. A leadership style that avoids creative initiative, is reactive and passive rather than [...]

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Would Jesus have worn a mitre? A plea for simplicity, humility and relevance.

Sep 1st, 2009 | By Peter Corney | Category: Christian Leadership, The Anglican Church in Australia

By Peter Corney
When I was ordained in 1963/4 at St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral Melbourne there wasn’t a mitre in sight. Archbishop Frank Woods was the presiding Bishop. In fact mitre’s and copes did not appear reguarly in St Paul’s untill Bob Dann became Archbishop (1977 – 83), although Frank Woods, inspite of opposition in the Cathedral [...]

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