Abstract
Spirit-empowered leaders employ different paradigms of leadership. The aim of the article is to identify, explain, and critique these paradigms. Spirit-empowered leadership is conceived of as belonging to the category of charismatic leadership. Following Max Weber, charismatic leadership is understood as flowing from charisma or giftedness, which is attributed to the leader by his or her followers. The article starts with the findings of theorists concerning charismatic leadership. Then it delineates five paradigms of Spirit-empowered leadership—the apostle, prophet, healing evangelist, pastorpreneur, and teacher/scholar. Examples are offered from global contexts. Last, a summative assessment of the paradigms is conducted, using criteria formulated by theorists of charismatic leadership theory.
Recommended Citation
Newberg, Eric N.
(2022)
"Paradigms of Global Spirit-empowered Leadership,"
Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology: Vol. 7:
No.
2, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31380/2573-6345.1275
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