Date of Award
2007
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Doctor of Ministry (DMin)
Abstract
This study explores the relationship between what is learned and experienced in the Christian faith community and people’s involvement in collaborative leadership within the rural community of Wessington Springs, South Dakota. The author makes use of Martin Luther’s theology of the cross and his teachings regarding Christian vocation, including the calling of parents as family leaders. This approach to leadership development employs a missional ecclesiology, with attention to the Triune God’s transformative, sending work in the world, and examines contributions from knowledge about civil society and human and social capital. Asset mapping is examined as a tool for leadership development.
Recommended Citation
Paulson, John H., "Cross-training Christians for rural servant-leadership : an exploration of the role of a congregation in nurturing leadership in the community of Wessington Springs, South Dakota" (2007). Doctor of Ministry Theses. 24.
https://digitalcommons.luthersem.edu/dmin_theses/24
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Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Practical Theology Commons, Rural Sociology Commons