‘The Lord is my shepherd’ is a picture of caring, courage, and guidance. It is a catalogue of lessons learned about the task of leadership from guiding the sheep and a reflection of his critical thinking. It is David’s reflection on God’s task as the shepherd-leader for his people. This Psalm is one of the best known and one of the most appreciated pieces of Old Testament literature ever penned. This Davidic Psalm starts with the reassuring assertion that ‘he Lord is my shepherd I shall not be in want’. The natural thought coming to mind in considering leaders as shepherds is Psalm 23. The focus of this article is that of the shepherd-leader. There are numerous leadership models in the Bible, such as school of prophets, servant leadership, teacher-learner relationship, disciple-making, coaching, mentoring, amongst others. Leadership for the church: The shepherd model This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of theĬreative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution,Īnd reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Resane, K.T., 2014, ‘Leadership for the church: The shepherd model’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies Dr Danie Veldsman in the Department of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. 1Department of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics, University of Pretoria, South Africaĭr Thomas Resane is participating as research fellow of Prof.
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