Servant Leadership and Christianity
In the Topic Materials you were introduced to Robert Greenleai's principles oi servam leadership. Vou also read biblical passages related to servant
leadership. Using a graphic organizer such as a Venn diagram. illustrate the similarities and diferences between Greenleai‘s principles of servant
leadership and those presented in the biblical passages.
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your summary, include discussion oi the idea that power comes from giving it away and putting oneself in the position to serve others. Using
Matthew 20:20-28 and Greenleai‘s principles of servant leadership as a basis. discuss how taking the role of a servant can make one a leader.
Provide specific examples to support your ideas.
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Biblical Servant Leadership References
The biblical references to servant leadership are all taken from the English Standard Version (ESV) of the bible.
Matthew 20:20-28
20 Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Jesus with her sons and, kneeling down, asked a favor of him.
21 "What is it you want?" he asked.
She said, "Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom."
22 "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said to them. "Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?"
"We can," they answered.
23 Jesus said to them, "You will indeed drink from my cup, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared by my Father."
24 When the ten heard about this, they were indignant with the two brothers. 25 Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high
officials exercise authority over them. 26 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 27 and whoever wants to be first must be your slave— 28 just as
the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Matthew 22:39
Then Jesus added, "And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. In these rest all of the law."
Mark 10:42-45
And Jesus called them to him and said to them, "You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it shall not
be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve,
and to give his life as a ransom for many."