A missional study of Ghanaian Pentecostal churches’ leadership and leadership formation

Abstract

Leadership is the process of influencing the thoughts, emotions and behaviours of followers towards set goals (Dessler 2012:34). This implies that leadership is very important in every area of life. Church leadership, in this regard, plays an important and irreplaceable role in the planting and configuration of the missional congregation. The key to the formation of missional communities is their leadership (Roxburgh 1998:183). Missional leadership, in this article, refers to a kind of church leadership that trains and leads their congregation to participate in the Missio Dei by joining in with the Holy Spirit to discern what God is doing in their context. Missional leaders are always on the move, hastening to the ends of the earth, beseeching all to be reconciled to God (Kim 2009:256). Missional leaders transform people and institutions, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to participate in God’s mission (Breedt & Niemandt 2013:8).