LD121 Transformational Leadership
Overview
Today’s churches, parachurch organizations, and businesses require leadership that is transformational. In this course, Dr. Mark McCloskey, professor of transformational leadership at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, explains his 4R model of transformational leadership. The model provides a biblical framework for leadership based on the cardinal virtues. Dr. McCloskey explores practical ways to use the 4R model in the process of learning, teaching, and practicing leadership. He shows how leaders can apply these lessons to a variety of leadership contexts. Even those who do not have formal leadership roles will find this course informative and practical as they influence churches and organizations where they are members.
Top Highlights
“First, in terms of the purpose [and] trajectory and motivation, the glory of God, the summing up of all things in Christ, [and] the temporal and eternal welfare of individuals in the larger society is what drives biblical transformational leadership—the ethic, biblical values and Christlike virtues, as well as the welfare and progress of the kingdom of God and those in it. The power source, of course, is the Holy Spirit, prayer, [and] a shared vision for the glory of God and advance of His kingdom. And the outcomes, of course, are quite different: the glory of God and honor to Christ; the lost, saved; the building up of individuals in Christlikeness; the building up of the body of Christ; and sustained missional effectiveness in accord with God’s plan to redeem the world.” (source)
“Twelve, you’ve got it all wrong. If you’re jostling and competing for a position at the top, you’ve got the wrong definition of greatness. In fact, greatness, as I, Jesus, see it in my kingdom, is more akin to the humble status of a child than it is to the top of this status hierarchy in the status categories that are espoused and honored in the ancient world.” (source)
“Here’s the point: Power must be properly exercised. It’s never going to be exorcised from community life. In other words, spiritual power flows along the pathways of service. It’s true power. It’s genuine power. But if it’s going to be the kind of power that honors and glorifies God, it must flow along the pathways of service.” (source)
“The purpose and trajectory and motivation of this version is changing people, teams, organizations, or even beyond organizations to entire nations, for ‘the better,’ meaning in accord with a set of stated or implied values.” (source)
- Title: LD121 Transformational Leadership
- Author: Mark McCloskey
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Christian leadership; Leadership; Education › Christian leadership; Education › Leadership
- Resource ID: LLS:LD121MCCLOSKEY
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2019-06-21T15:35:01Z
Dr. Mark McCloskey is Director of the Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership program and Professor of Ministry Leadership at Bethel Seminary in St. Paul, MN, where he has also taught in the MBA program. He has been at Bethel since 1998, when he began serving as Dean of the Center for Transformational Leadership, a post he held for eight years.
After earning his BA at Miami University (Ohio) and his MDiv at Bethel Seminary, Mark earned his PhD at the University of South Florida’s College of Education, where he focused on organizational leadership, adult education, and research and measurement.
He has served on the board of the Christian Legal Society and Christian Conciliation Service of Minnesota and the Governing Board and Board of Directors of the Urban Leadership Academy. Dr. McCloskey is currently a national board member for Love INC, and he consults with businesses, churches, and nonprofit organizations and leads workshops in the areas of leadership development, strategic planning, and team building. He also spent 24 years on staff with Campus Crusade for Christ in numerous roles.
Dr. McCloskey is the author of Tell It Often, Tell It Well, a textbook on evangelism. He and his wife Dawnelle live in Arden Hills, MN, and have two grown children.