THE TRAINING OF LEADERS FOR THE MINISTRY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THEOWGICAL EDUCATION

One of the critical issues facing the church in Africa today is a dearth of leadership. As calls are heard to train competent leaders for the church, some pertinent questions are in order: What is leadership? Can leaders be trained? How does one go about training leaders for the church? Specifically, what types of training will make leaders out of the trainees? Are church leaders exhibiting the same characteristics the world over, or is leadership culturally-defmed? If culturally-defmed, do our theological schools have the resources to train culturally-attuned leaders? However, before addressing what church leadership looks like, it is useful first to attempt to define leadership. Leadership DefiDed For the purpose of this paper, three broadly encompassing views will be presented