Servantship is essentially about following our Lord Jesus Christ,
the servant Lord, and his mission--it is a life of discipleship to
him, patterned after his self-emptying, humility, sacrifice, love,
values, and mission. Servantship is humbly valuing others more than
yourself, and looking out for the interests and wellbeing of
others. Servantship is the cultivation of the same attitude of mind
Christ Jesus had: making yourself nothing, being a servant,
humbling yourself, and submitting yourself to the will and purposes
of the triune God. Since servantship is the imitation of Christ, it
involves an unreserved participation in the missio Dei--the
Trinitarian mission of God. In this pioneering work, sixteen
servants describe the four movements of radical servantship.
Servantship is the movement 1.from leadership to radical
servantship; 2.from shallowness to dynamic theological reflection;
3.from theories to courageous practices; and 4.from forgetfulness
to transforming memory. Servantship recognizes, in word, thought,
and deed, that "whoever wants to become great among you must be
your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your
slave--just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to
serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." "Servantship, as
a collection of essays, has a global appeal for leaders both inside
and outside the walls of the church. As Robert Greenleaf
unknowingly produced a movement from outside the church that proved
transformational for the topic of leadership studies within the
church, this new work has the potential to transform leadership
studies well beyond the walls of the church by transforming the
culture of leadership studies within the church's walls." --Wayne
Ballard, Associate Professor of Religion, Carson-Newman University
"Ever since Robert Greenleaf's pioneering work on servant
leadership, there has been a need for a thorough theological
exploration of the subject. Graham Hill's insightful book meets
this need in a balanced and thorough way. There are many books on
leadership but the servant dimension has often been overlooked. A
timely contribution." --Martin Robinson, Principal of Springdale
College, Birmingham "Servantship reflects a constructive effort to
paint a picture of what following Christ means and what it entails.
. . . The result is a sensitively drawn portrait with artfully
nuanced strokes that will inspire new ventures of service in
imitatio Christi. . . . This is a book thoughtful Christians will
want to read." --Neville Callam, General Secretary of the Baptist
World Alliance "Servantship deserves prime place among recent
missional books, offering a powerful corrective to
leadership-fixated churches. Combining thoughtful theology,
cultural analysis, and practice, its stories and questions humble
and inspire. It jolts you to see what's missing today. From the
Australian context, Graham Hill has provided a challenge to the
Western church that we dare not ignore." --Michael Quicke, Charles
Koller Professor of Preaching and Communication, Northern Seminary
"I am excited to recommend this important new work on servanthood
and leadership. Graham Hill's book offers important insights and
correctives to all of us and our views of leadership. Together the
contributors help move us from the board room, back to the role of
the bowl and the towel." --Terry Walling, Adjunct Professor, Fuller
Theological Seminary Graham Hill is Senior Lecturer in Applied and
Pastoral Theology at Morling College in Sydney, Australia (a
theological college affiliated with the MCD University of Divinity
and the Australian College of Theology). He is the author of Salt,
Light, and a City: Introducing Missional Ecclesiology (Wipf &
Stock, 2012). Graham's ministry experiences include church
planting, pastoring in a large growing congregation, and coaching
pastors and planters of missional experiments.
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