By Jovenmarlo A. Imperio

1. SPIRITUAL LEADERS
AS SERVANT LEADERS
"FOR EVEN THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE
SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE AS A
RANSOM FOR MANY.”
[MARK 10:45]

2. By
JOVENMARLO A. IMPERIO
Master of Arts in Education
School of Graduate Studies
Adventist University of the Philippines

3. GOD IS OUR
LEADER
A biblical theology of
leadership is a knowledge
of God and how he leads.
"In the beginning God
created the heaven and
the earth." - Genesis 1:1

4. PRINCIPLES OF
SPIRITUAL
LEADERSHIP ARE
REVEALED IN HIS
WORD THE HOLY
SCRIPTURES

5. SPIRITUAL
LEADERS SPEND
TIME WITH GOD
BY STUDYING HIS
WORD.

6. JESUS: A SERVANT LEADER
"Jesus devoted His ministry to developing the
spiritual leadership of the people who would
launch the first Christian communities." -
Servants and Friends p. 277

7. JESUS IS THE
EXAMPLE
OF SPIRITUAL
LEADERS

8. JESUS APPOINTS 12 APOSTLES
"1Then Jesusa called his twelve disciples to
him and gave them authority over unclean
spirits, so that they could drive them out
and heal every disease and every illness." -
Matthew 10:1 (ISV)

9. SPIRITUAL TEAM BUILDING
"Jesus was willing to empower
those whom He called to serve with
Him." - Servants and Friends p. 285

10. INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER
FOUNDATION OF SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP

11. INTEGRITY OF
CHARACTER
"Character is the
most important
element of
Christian
leadership"
- Servants and Friends p. 286

12. SECRET OF JOSEPH'S
INTEGRITY OF CHARACTER
"2 The Lord was with
Joseph so that he
prospered, and he lived in
the house of his Egyptian
master."
- Genesis 39:2

13. JOSEPH ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE
OF GOD IN HIS LIFE
When Potiphar's wife tempted him saying
"Come to bed with me" his reply was
"How then could I do such a wicked thing
and sin against God?” - Genesis 39:9

14. THE EGYPTIAN KING NOTICED THE
PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
IN THE LIFE OF JOSEPH
"So Pharaoh asked his officials,
"Can we find a man like Joseph,
one in whom the Spirit of God is
present?"- Genesis 41:38

15. JOSEPH ACKNOWLEDGED GOD'S
INTERVENTION IN HIS LIFE
"Yes, I am your brother Joseph, the
one you sold into Egypt. 5 Don’t
worry or blame yourselves for what
you did. God is the one who sent
me ahead of you to save lives."
- Genesis 45:4, 5.

16. JESUS' EXAMPLE OF SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has
anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the
prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free, 19to proclaim the year
of the Lord’s favor.” - Luke 4:18, 19.

17. TO BE A SPIRITUAL LEADER
IS TO BE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT
"'Not by might nor by power,
but by my Spirit,' says the LORD
Almighty." - Zechariah 4:6.

18. SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AND BAPTISM
"As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up
out of the water. At that moment heaven
was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove and alighting on
him." - Matthew 3:16

19. TO BE A SPIRITUAL LEADER LIKE CHRIST
IS TO BE ORDAINED IN BAPTISM LIKE HIM
"The real meaning of Jesus' baptism, marked by the descent of the Spirit, was
that He thereby received His ordination to the ministry (Matt. 3:13- 17; John
1:29-34). Jesus never returned to the carpenter's shop. His baptism marked the
inauguration of His Galilean ministry. Commentators are in agreement that the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Jesus at His baptism signified this ordination to
ministry. (Interestingly, it was not until the believers in the church at Ephesus
were baptized in the baptism of Jesus and received the Holy Spirit that that
church developed into a missionary church.)" - Rex Edwards, "Baptism as
Ordination" Ministry Magazine – International Journal for Pastors, August 1983;

20. SERVANT LEADERS
LEAD WITH HUMILITY
"According to Jesus, the call
to servant leadership is a
call to humility."
- Servants and Friends p. 277

21. SERVANT LEADERS
DO NOT SEEK HONOR FOR THEMSELVES
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22. SERVANT LEADERS
SEEK TO HONOR
GOD
IN EVERYTHING
THEY DO

23. What happen
when spiritual
leaders and
members seek
to honor God?
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25. IN SUMMARY

26. Spiritual leadership is
about leading others to
follow Christ.
6 Jesus answered, “I am the
way and the truth and the
life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.
John 14:6New International
Version (NIV)

27. ”
“ SERVANT LEADERSHIP
A Biblical Theology
1. God is introduced in the Old and New Testament as a servant leader.
2. Jesus and the apostles gave an example of servant leadership.
3. An understanding of servant leadership is an understanding of God.
4. Leadership apart from God is self-serving like the leadership of Satan.
5. Leadership emanating from God transcends culture
6. Leadership emanating from God transforms individuals and communities

28. REFERENCES
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