Biblical Rethinking of Leadership

Abstract

Studying leadership shows, that there’s no one distinct definition or type of a leader and that every period, social and cultural context demands different types of leaders. The social-political and religious-ideologic contexts, or hystoric periods can actualize a certain type of a leader and highlight some characteristics of it. Though, we should know, that this mustn’t be the only type of a leader. For some people, being a leader means being successful, and success is defined by quantitative, tangible achievements. For others, being a leader is a consequence of discovering some principles and achieving success, something important in life. For some, who they become is more important than what they achieve regarding leadership. There are people who assess success and being a leader is valued by others and mostly after death - because they have discovered something not to live, but to die for and live without thinking about success and leadership, which is not something you saw in yourself but what others saw in you. When talking about leadership, all the definitions and characteristics of being a leader are very different. Supposedly, in business and not only, there’s one question that arises while observing leaders: why is it that mostly people, who can lead others and whom people follow voluntarily don’t want to be a leader, - and those who don’t have ability to lead and whom people follow aversely, are so passionate about being a leader that they often break the laws of the play? Biblical rethinking of leadership might become a guide on the road of answering that question. Keywords: biblical leadership, leader thinking, symbolic types of a leader, moral leader.