THL421 Principles of Church Leadership (8)
Action research in church leadership focussed on the local congregation is the central concern of this subject. A wide variety of leadership options are examined, together with the role of vision and mission statements; the historic and contemporary roles of the clergy and laity (the clerical paradigm); the traditional models of the Church (the Christendom paradigm); the multicultural context of the post -1950 church; and, the role of the church as a competing voluntary association in Australian society.