Essay On Black Church Leadership

The black church in the 21st century needs strong, leaders who model biblical servanthood. Servant leaders are essential for transitioning a traditional black church. As a result of reading and hearing all the shocking stories related to the black church, and above all leadership in general, it’s time to develop a model of biblical leadership which will grow healthy servant leaders in the church where I currently serve as pastor. Our church community needs servant leaders who will model biblical attributes through connecting to God, connecting to each other, and connecting to serve this present age. The black church indeed needs a different leadership model. A ministry project of this magnitude will improve our existing contextual setting and the Christian community at Progressive Missionary Baptist Church.
“Nothing has stolen more dreams, dashed more hopes, broken up more families, and messed up more people psychologically than our propensity to disregard God’s commandment.

In order for the black church to return to a posture of growth, and effectiveness in the black community a paradigm shift has to take place among its leaders.
PMBC was established with the primary purpose of fulfilling the “great Commission,” by connecting people to god, connecting to each other, and connecting to serve this present age. PMBC has a rich heritage of being compassionate, which enable us to reach out and minister to the needs of our community. This project is crucial because biblical models of servant leadership are invaluable in growing a healthy mature church. To put it another way, in developing servant leaders we will see a strong and devoted church. In addition, the church leaders knowledge of servant leadership will be enhance and the church will establish greater unity which will improve how we handle