Doubt and Leadership
"Leaders shouldn't do their theology in public."A friend of mine was preparing to lead a 'new Christian' small group discussion recently, and this issue came up. When faced with their theological or textual questions, should leaders make public their doubts, questions, 'explorations' and uncertainties? Or should they keep those issues to themselves and present a 'front' of doctrinal confidence? Maybe such confidence is a necessary qualification for leadership... or maybe it's dishonest.
What makes for better evangelism/discipleship? Doctrinal clarity and certainty? Or honest (public) doubting? What are the implications for things like our coffee shop theology?
posted by Jamie at Thursday, April 27, 2006
1 Comments:
Just saw your comment on my blog, thanks for the encouragement, I'm just a novice really:-)
We recently spoke in class about public communication, and on more than one occassion someone mentioned that sincerity is very obvious and important when someone is speaking if they are really going to make an impact with their audience. If as leaders we cannot connect with people I think they are less likely to follow us and I for one am a big fan of transparency and honesty in people - otherwise how can we trust them? I reckon people would rather follow someone that is honestly seeking the truth, rather than someone claiming to state it but masking uncertainty.
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