Essays on Christian Leadership

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was considered to be one of the greatest leaders of the Civil Rights era. In his letter, Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is writing in response to a letter that was written to him by eight Alabama clergymen. In their letter, the eight clergymen expressed a dislike for the activism of Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. They believed that the demonstration that Dr. King was participating in was “led in part by outsiders” (Carpenter et al.) Additionally, the clergymen seemed to praise the police of Birmingham. In ...

INTRODUCTION

A: Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most renowned civil rights leaders in the U.S. history.

B: Martin Luther King was assassinated because of his position on racial discrimination.

II: Orienting Material: Luther helped expand the rights of many African Americans. The victories and success of his non-violence movement convinced many Whites to welcome the changes that Luther’s leadership brought to the U.S. (Harrison, 2007).

BODY

Beginning the Journey: A: Born in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was raised in Atlanta during the Jim Crow laws era, which made racial discrimination and segregation an everyday reality for African Americans in the South.

B: At Atlanta’s Morehouse College, Luther embraced the idea that religion was a powerful tool for spearheading social change.

C: After receiving a doctorate degree from Boston ...

I. INTRODUCTION The current use of the North-South divide in demarcating global Christian religion is not new. It originated as an economic and political convention to distinguish the First World and the Second World in the North and the Third World in the South. Thus, the churches in the North include the churches in North America, Western Europe, and the developed part of East Asia; while the churches in the South comprise the churches in Africa, South America, and the rest of Asia, including the Middle East. However, the demarcation line can arbitrary depending on the institution that creates ...

The speech was delivered by Martin Luther King Junior in 1967 at a meeting of the clergy, who had concerns about the Vietnam War. The speech by King was terse and with love. King and other members of the clergy had watched the Vietnam War for decades and had grown tired of it. As men of God, the members of the clergy felt it was their moral obligation to speak up. Admittedly, they felt that their silence towards was a form of betrayal to the human race and God Himself. To shun such a feeling, they decided to channel ...

In a research initiated in 2002, the author said that the optimal motivation to leadership is the desire of an individual to serve . A servant leader like the Jesus Christ emanates this attribute. In fact, anyone who wishes to follow the teachings of Christ should have the heart for serving their brethren without expecting anything in return .

We have seen a lot of leaders who serve for the purpose of self-aggrandizement. Some would go to remote areas to build house for the aborigines, to distribute relief goods for the victims of calamities and some donate hospitals, schools and facilities claiming this ...

Introduction

In several instances, in the history of United States, African Americans have been referred to as African, Afro-American, Negros as well as blacks. The portion of the African American population which is of completely African ancestry is not known. This is mainly because, over the past 300 years, racial mixture has considerably taken place in the United States between persons of various descents such as Europeans and the Indians. It’s been, however, considered historically that any person with black African ancestry in the United States is African American. It is however, important to note that physical characteristics, as ...

Analysis of “Letter from Birmingham Jail” using “Apology” and “Crito”

The works of Martin Luther King and Socrates show the ideologies of both men in their defense against persecutions made by their governments. In a bid to defend their actions, both authors present their arguments with respect to their particular surroundings. Consequently, as each seeks a form of liberty, there are some likeness, and in some instances disparities, between records of their arguments. In fact, at one point, King likens his condition and arguments to those made by the Greek philosopher. According to King, Socrates urges the Greek society to rise from a “the bondage of myths and half-truths” (2). King called ...

One particular name that is hugely synonymous with the civil movements and whose name cannot fail to be mentioned whenever the civil rights movement is referenced is Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King was born on 5th January, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Being the child of a church Minister, young Martin was naturally expected to follow in his father’s footsteps. He became a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and this where his journey with the Civil Rights Movement started. King went to Boston for college studies. He later moved to Montgomery with his new wife, Coretta King who he ...

Christian Leadership.

1. Leadership, according to Heifetz and Linsky, provides opportunity to raise important questions, speak to higher values and surface unresolved conflicts (2). Decisions have to be made whether to put in a contribution to the society or to keep it to yourself. People get disturbed by unpopular initiatives. Heifetz and linsky say ‘to lead is to live dangerously’. This is because leadership involves being at the forefront, advocating for change and challenging people’s way of life and also exceeding the mandate one is given so as to deal with issues that arise. Resistance is always a reaction of the ...

The Vietnam War started in 1955 and it ended in 1975. It was a cold war skirmish that took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from first of November 1955 to 30th 1975.The Vietnam War was a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The communist allies supported the Northern Vietnam while the United States of America and other anti-communists states supported the government of Southern Vietnam. The Vietnam War and its impact on Martin Luther King, jr are discussed in the book Vietnam and America: A documented history by Gentleman, M. E. (1995). He says that no single event since ...

Christian Leadership

Christian leadership is the type of leadership that is practiced in the church according to the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus set the foundation of leadership of the church by placing the apostles on the bottom-most part of the church to support the rest of the followers. Paul, the apostle took the work of the apostle seriously to ensure the doctrine of Christianity is spread throughout the world. He named five ministers who would help in building the kingdom of God as Jesus wished (Ascough 2002).

The five-fold leadership ministry or the ascension gift matrix is a concept of leadership ...

Rhetorical appeals

When writing with an intention to persuade an audience, it is vital to employ the elements of persuasion of such writing. These means of persuasion were set forth by Aristotle, the Greek philosopher. The three elements of persuasion include ethos, pathos and logos. Ethos refers to the credibility of the author towards his or her audience. Pathos is the emotional appeal of the audience by an author while logos refer to persuasions by means of logic and reasoning (Shafaei & Nejati, 2009). Using logic helps to strengthen one’s claims. Martin Luther King Junior’s letter meets all the ...

For those who consider the disputed 2000 Presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore to have been controversial, the story that takes place just before the opening of Sophocles’ Antigone must seem downright barbaric. If you consider the chaos that the previous year or so had brought down on Thebes, Antigone’s wrath could just as well be considered the bellowing of an entire city, weary of its rulers’ drama. Oedipus had died after blinding and exiling himself, on the heels of discovering that he actually had fulfilled the Oracle’s prophecy of killing his father and ...