Foundations of spiritual leadership development : a course for ministerial students at Central Philippine Adventist College

Abstract

A godly character is the foundation of spiritual leadership. After all, leadership effectiveness is most influenced by being not doing. It follows that the early stages of leadership development should mostly deal with spiritual formation and character development. This project/study aims to provide a foundational course in the preparation of spiritual Ieaders. In particular, this project/study was undertaken to create a course which wiII provide ministerial students at Central Philippine Adventist College (CPAC) the foundation for character development . The project/study report comes in two parts, The first section provides the biblical and theoretical framework which serves as the foundation block for the construction of the course. Here, two basic guestions are answered: (1) What character traits do ministerial students need to develop? and, (2) How is character developed? The second section contains the course content and suggests varied teaching methods. The course aims to develop eight character "competencies" in the students, namely: integrity, responsibility, humility, perseverance, courage, fairness, positive attitude, and moral purity. It also promotes the practice of five spiritual disciplines which serve as avenues for character development. These spiritual disciplines are discipline of prayer, discipline of spiritual journal, discipline of meditation, discipline of fasting, and dlscipline of study.