Harrison Mungai Macharia is Managing Editor of Conversation Magazine and Team Leader of iServe Africa, an indigenous Christian leadership development programme. We asked him how it has been juggling family responsibilities, theological studies, founding and leading iServe Africa and pioneering a new magazine. How have the last eight years of iServe Africa been? … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Servant Leadership
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Christian leadership: Let’s be honest
In the coming issue of Conversation, freelance writer and iServe Africa alumnus Elizabeth Adisa takes a hard look at Christian organisations, asks some probing questions and finds a very powerful truth. Today, talk to several people who have previously worked or are working under an explicitly Christian, “gospel minded” enterprise (whether para-church bodies and … Continue reading
Leadership, Word and Grace
(The following article from Sammy Maina first appeared in the 2012 Apprentice magazine entitled, ‘The interaction of servant leadership, faithful Bible teaching and grace’.) In recent years, there has been a lot of talk and writing on leadership. Under this broad subject, servant leadership has really been emphasised. In the political world, corporate world, Church … Continue reading
7 marks of biblical servant leaders
A late Bible teacher and author who was a church leader in England made a profound statement concerning the need for servant leadership in Africa. In a continent which is seeking to come out of poverty, corruption, mismanagement and financial greed extending from the top leadership to the local mwananchi, the need for servant leadership … Continue reading
Going Horizontal
Servant Leadership is the focus of the April 2014 issue of Conversation but let’s start talking about it now… When it comes to careers and organisations we instinctively think in terms of ladders. There is the ‘person at the top’ with all the power and control and the managers ‘below’ him’ and then the workers … Continue reading