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The George Fox University Congregational Discernment
Project
Effective Christian leadership involves most centrally
the capacity to facilitate attending, discerning, and
minding the leadership of Christ. The difficulty,
though, is knowing how to do it. As a contrast to
authoritarian emphases upon particular human leaders,
or democratic appeals to the lowest common denominator,
authentic Christian leadership helps others come to a
common sense of Christ's leadings in ways that have
biblical, theological, historical, and practical
integrity.
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Discernment Essays in QRT
106-107
Essays and Resources on Christ's Leadership by
Paul Anderson
Paul Anderson has written several essays on the
leadership of Christ for Evangelical Friends, but these
are also relevant for other traditions. He has also
written on leadership issues in the New Testament era
(see The Christology of the Fourth Gospel) and
has responded to Pope John Paul II's letter to the
churches on Petrine Ministry. Some of his essays are
included below.
Christian Unity
Moderating and Discerning the
Leadership of Christ
The Present Leadership
of the Resurrected Lord (PDF)
Attending, Discerning,
Minding
Petrine Ministry and
Christocracy (PDF)
A Dynamic
Christocentricity (PDF)
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Discernment
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