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Spiritual leadership capital : a theology of poverty in congregational development
The title of the study is ‘Spiritual Leadership Capital: A Theology of Poverty in Congregational Development’. It is a study which tried to understand how Ghanaian Pentecostal spirituality informs their leadership paradigms towards addressing poverty in their contexts. The basic assumption of th...
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| description | The title of the study is ‘Spiritual Leadership Capital: A Theology of Poverty in
Congregational Development’. It is a study which tried to understand how Ghanaian
Pentecostal spirituality informs their leadership paradigms towards addressing poverty in their
contexts.
The basic assumption of this study is, Pentecostal congregations can be a force to help Ghana
address poverty if they are missionally built-up and have cultivated spiritual leadership capital
(SLC).
The research problem is, do leadership in Ghanaian Pentecostal congregations have spiritual
leadership capital (SLC)? (Chapter three outlines SLC). What has been the Pentecostal
understanding of poverty, have they a sustainable missional (practical) theology of poverty?
(Chapter 4 outlined this). To what extent could their having or the lack of SLC, help or prevent
them from developing missional congregations which are able to theologically address the
problem of poverty? (Chapter two addressed missional theology). In what ways might the
adoption of SLC in congregational development by Pentecostals contribute to the addressing of
poverty in Ghana?
The study is in the broad disciplinary area of practical theology, and specifically under the subdiscipline
of congregational development (ecclesiology). The Researcher advances ‘spiritual
leadership capital’ (SLC) theory, which he argues provides inner virtues which spirituality
affords people, shaping them with resilient leadership paradigms that contribute to the formation
of social capital for the sustainable addressing of social problems such as poverty. It comes to
enrich earlier theories on social capital.
With the main concern of this project being missional theology as regards leadership in
congregational development within the context of Ghanaian Pentecostalism, researcher contests
that, SLC can be used to address questions posed to the church and the world by the problem of
poverty. The word ‘missional’ has been understood within the missional conversation to have a
bigger scope than missionary activity. Leadership’s understanding of mission must determine the
structures and systems of a missional congregation. Using Osmer’s (2008) four task practical theology approach to research, SLC comes as a
practical theology of poverty in congregational development. Using SLC in view of the backdrop
of Nel’s (2015:273-278) congregational analysis, contextual analysis and diagnosis; the
empirically the study looked at the Church of Pentecost, Assemblies of God Church, Ghana, and
Global Evangelical Church. Its aim was to understand their concept of being missional and how
they see poverty within the scope of their ecclesiology and how SLC can improve their praxis in
this direction. The researcher draws on historical lessons from the spiritualities of historic
pneumatic Christian movements, such as Quakers, Moravians, Huguenots, and Puritans in
overcoming poverty. And as part of SLC, argues transformational diaconia, as a missional
response to poverty beyond existing social interventions.
In view of the scope of this study on the vast Ghanaian Pentecostal landscape, the findings are
not conclusive but they indicate that most Pentecostal congregations in Ghana may not yet be
comprehensively missional. Researcher concludes that Pentecostals are involved in some forms
of social services and are making limited efforts at addressing poverty. However, it seems they
do not perceive poverty as a central part of the gospel hence have not approached it in the way
proposed by this study. For the respondents interviewed among Ghanaian Pentecostals, there was
no missional thinking with the issues of poverty and apart from prayer and occasional mention in
sermons, poverty has not been understood by them as an issue that needs to be addressed beyond
benevolence or relief services. It is therefore, proposed that in developing congregations,
Ghanaian Pentecostal leaders can adopt SLC in congregations to make them missional and that
could enable them effectively address poverty and other social problems. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/67916 Spiritual leadership capital : a theology of poverty in congregational development Nel, Malan u15412572@tuks.co.za Tettey, Smith Francis Korbla Unrestricted UCTD Spiritual leadership Leadership development Congregational development Theology of poverty Poverty alleviation Ghanaian Pentecostal Pentecostal congregations spiritual leadership capital (SLC) Poverty in Ghana Church leadership Church Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals The title of the study is ‘Spiritual Leadership Capital: A Theology of Poverty in Congregational Development’. It is a study which tried to understand how Ghanaian Pentecostal spirituality informs their leadership paradigms towards addressing poverty in their contexts. The basic assumption of this study is, Pentecostal congregations can be a force to help Ghana address poverty if they are missionally built-up and have cultivated spiritual leadership capital (SLC). The research problem is, do leadership in Ghanaian Pentecostal congregations have spiritual leadership capital (SLC)? (Chapter three outlines SLC). What has been the Pentecostal understanding of poverty, have they a sustainable missional (practical) theology of poverty? (Chapter 4 outlined this). To what extent could their having or the lack of SLC, help or prevent them from developing missional congregations which are able to theologically address the problem of poverty? (Chapter two addressed missional theology). In what ways might the adoption of SLC in congregational development by Pentecostals contribute to the addressing of poverty in Ghana? The study is in the broad disciplinary area of practical theology, and specifically under the subdiscipline of congregational development (ecclesiology). The Researcher advances ‘spiritual leadership capital’ (SLC) theory, which he argues provides inner virtues which spirituality affords people, shaping them with resilient leadership paradigms that contribute to the formation of social capital for the sustainable addressing of social problems such as poverty. It comes to enrich earlier theories on social capital. With the main concern of this project being missional theology as regards leadership in congregational development within the context of Ghanaian Pentecostalism, researcher contests that, SLC can be used to address questions posed to the church and the world by the problem of poverty. The word ‘missional’ has been understood within the missional conversation to have a bigger scope than missionary activity. Leadership’s understanding of mission must determine the structures and systems of a missional congregation. Using Osmer’s (2008) four task practical theology approach to research, SLC comes as a practical theology of poverty in congregational development. Using SLC in view of the backdrop of Nel’s (2015:273-278) congregational analysis, contextual analysis and diagnosis; the empirically the study looked at the Church of Pentecost, Assemblies of God Church, Ghana, and Global Evangelical Church. Its aim was to understand their concept of being missional and how they see poverty within the scope of their ecclesiology and how SLC can improve their praxis in this direction. The researcher draws on historical lessons from the spiritualities of historic pneumatic Christian movements, such as Quakers, Moravians, Huguenots, and Puritans in overcoming poverty. And as part of SLC, argues transformational diaconia, as a missional response to poverty beyond existing social interventions. In view of the scope of this study on the vast Ghanaian Pentecostal landscape, the findings are not conclusive but they indicate that most Pentecostal congregations in Ghana may not yet be comprehensively missional. Researcher concludes that Pentecostals are involved in some forms of social services and are making limited efforts at addressing poverty. However, it seems they do not perceive poverty as a central part of the gospel hence have not approached it in the way proposed by this study. For the respondents interviewed among Ghanaian Pentecostals, there was no missional thinking with the issues of poverty and apart from prayer and occasional mention in sermons, poverty has not been understood by them as an issue that needs to be addressed beyond benevolence or relief services. It is therefore, proposed that in developing congregations, Ghanaian Pentecostal leaders can adopt SLC in congregations to make them missional and that could enable them effectively address poverty and other social problems. bs2025 Practical Theology PhD Unrestricted SDG-01: No poverty SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2018-12-05T08:05:57Z 2018-12-05T08:05:57Z 2009/06/18 2018 Thesis Tettey, SFK 2018, Spiritual leadership capital: A theology of poverty in congregational development, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67916> S2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67916 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Unrestricted UCTD Spiritual leadership Leadership development Congregational development Theology of poverty Poverty alleviation Ghanaian Pentecostal Pentecostal congregations spiritual leadership capital (SLC) Poverty in Ghana Church leadership Church Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals Spiritual leadership capital : a theology of poverty in congregational development |
| title | Spiritual leadership capital : a theology of poverty in congregational development |
| title_full | Spiritual leadership capital : a theology of poverty in congregational development |
| title_fullStr | Spiritual leadership capital : a theology of poverty in congregational development |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spiritual leadership capital : a theology of poverty in congregational development |
| title_short | Spiritual leadership capital : a theology of poverty in congregational development |
| title_sort | spiritual leadership capital a theology of poverty in congregational development |
| topic | Unrestricted UCTD Spiritual leadership Leadership development Congregational development Theology of poverty Poverty alleviation Ghanaian Pentecostal Pentecostal congregations spiritual leadership capital (SLC) Poverty in Ghana Church leadership Church Theology theses SDG-01 SDG-01: No poverty Theology theses SDG-04 SDG-04: Quality education Theology theses SDG-10 SDG-10: Reduced inequalities Theology theses SDG-17 SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals |
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