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Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

Keywords

leadership, teaching the gospel, Church organization

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This paper reviews the literature on leadership development that focuses on Jesus Christ, then introduces a Shepherd-Leader Apprenticeship (SLA) model of leadership development. The SLA model describes how Jesus Christ develops leaders. It builds on previous scholars’ work on Christ’s leadership development approach and adds the concept of situated cognition and iterative (as opposed to linear) steps. The scriptures show how Christ used this model to develop the leadership skills of his disciples who served in a variety of capacities and roles. Christ used the SLA model with a variety of individuals who felt varying degrees of comfort with their ability to lead, and the model gave all of them the skills needed to become strong leaders. The article concludes with examples of how the SLA model can be used to help others develop leadership skills.

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