There are so many expressions of empowerment in these words of Paul. Unfortunately we so often keep people as children, dependent on ourselves and our programs, so that they are inhibited from expressing all that they are meant to be, not only in the body of Christ but in the work of God's kingdom in the world as God's partners. Our empowerment means fulfilling our functions as the bride of Christ and the stewards of this earth. Conclusion Leadership today needs to be principle-centered with its focus on character and holiness rather than on personality and power. Education and training should provide principles that guide, participation that encourages ownership rather than entitlement, and leadership that is more organic than mechanical.
Organic leadership is concerned with understanding the whole, relationships and processes.
Leaders are gardeners and cultivators and are trying to encourage an environment that produces interdependence and energy. Leaders become facilitators and coordinators, mentors and servants. As I reflect on the impact of these concepts on my own life, I can recall mentors who have empowered me as well as students who have dared to make radical changes in their own leadership styles and organizational structures. Aliveness Wholeness Creativity Reproduction. Bibliography Block, Peter.