By Lovett H. Weems Jr.
The aim of this booklet is straightforward -- to reclaim a imaginative and prescient for church management from the good religious awakening often called the Wesleyan circulation. but the way in which one is going approximately this paintings, contends Lovett H. Weems, Jr., is whatever yet uncomplicated. It consists of strolling a tightrope among continuity and alter. the duty is neither to copy the prior, nor to disregard it. really the necessity is to find the genius at the back of the achievements of the previous from which we will research for our day. it truly is to decide on selectively these topics and emphases of the Wesleyan flow that could most sensible tell the perform of ministry this present day, and to hunt to develop into them. which will do so, Weems identifies such rules of early Wesleyanism as starting with the place everyone is, concentrating on provider, and remembering the bad. He then enumerates practices of Wesleyan management, reminiscent of major from the heart and the sting, residing in stress, and making ''connection'' ensue. eventually, he names the center passions of the Wesleyan spirit: figuring out God, proclaiming Christ, and looking justice.
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They went to different theological schools. They read different theologians. They subscribe to different journals. They go to different caucus meetings. Indeed, these two pastors represent archetypes of polarities in Wesleyan theological and social thought. Neither has had an ambiguous theological thought since leaving seminary! However, if these two pastors are serving in the same community, they will encounter each other regularly. They may not see each other at the bookstore or clergy study group.
The phrase “multiple leadership” comes from Mary Parker Follett. Max DePree uses the concept “roving leadership” for a similar approach. Letty Russell speaks of a “temporary inequality” that takes place within organizations. 1 Such is not a rigid or arbitrary allocation of leadership tasks. It is a creative way of working together as needed and appropriate to accomplish a shared vision. WESLEYAN EXAMPLES From the beginning of the Wesleyan movement, many people functioned as leaders. People from different social locations helped lead this passionate movement of God.
One must acknowledge the many violations of the principle of complete and inclusive multiple leadership both in England and America. The indignities endured by African Americans provide some of the clearest examples. The divided Wesleyan witness today is the result of, and bears witness to, sins of the past. Laity, women, and lay preachers have all had to struggle for full acceptance as leaders. In many ways the struggle to make the spirit of multiple leadership a reality continues today and will into the future.