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- Title
CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP: IMPLICATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF PENTECOSTALISM IN NIGERIA.
- Authors
Peter, Casimir
- Abstract
Leadership in the church is the noble art of cooperatively planning and uniting to achieve the goals God has set for humankind in the life, teachings, death, resurrection and the coming back of Jesus, the Christ. This indeed is Christian leadership. However, at the heart of the success of the efforts for the development of Pentecostalism in Nigeria is effective Christian leadership. Leadership is not the private preserve of a few charismatic men or women; rather it is a process ordinary people use when they are bringing forth the best from themselves and others. Leadership is so powerful and important that it gives direction, pace and energy to people and empowers them. The main thrust of this paper is to examine the issue of Christian leadership and its implications on the development of Pentecostalism in Nigeria. It argues that the major threat to the development of Pentecostalism in Nigeria is traceable to poor Christian leadership manifesting in corruption and weak value base. This paper adopted a participant observation method for its research. It concluded that, until good Christian leadership is guaranteed, the development of Pentecostalism in Nigeria will continue to experience slow growth and development will continue to be a mirage.
- Subjects
NIGERIA; CHRISTIAN leadership; PENTECOSTALISM; JESUS Christ; CORRUPTION
- Publication
LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research, 2023, Vol 20, Issue 2, p177
- ISSN
1813-2227
- Publication type
Article