TY - BOOK AU - Hahn,Celia A. TI - Growing in authority, relinquishing control: a new approach to faithful leadership T2 - AL151 SN - 1566991250 AV - BV652.1 .H225 1994 U1 - 262/.1 20 PY - 1994/// CY - [Bethesda, Md.] PB - Alban Institute KW - Christian leadership KW - Authority KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity KW - Leadership chrétien KW - Autorité KW - Aspect religieux KW - Christianisme KW - fast N1 - "Research from the Alban Institute."; "AL151"--Page 4 of cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204); pt. 1. What is authority? and Where do you get it? -- pt. 2. Patterns of growth in authority: -- Received authority -- Autonomous authority -- Assertive authority -- Integrated authority -- pt. 3. Practical dilemmas in the exercise of authority: -- My leadership style: do I emphasize the people or the task? -- Caught between vision and belonging -- When my authority is challenged -- Promise and problems in roles -- Fielding other people's projetions -- pt. 4. Authority in different voices: -- A woman's way -- A man's journey toward integrated authority -- Women and men in integrated authority -- pt. 5. The paradoxical authority of laity and clergy -- The authority of laity -- The authority of clergy -- Signs of integrated authority in the ministries of laity and clergy -- pt. 6. Growing in authority, being the church: -- The church as a colony of heaven-or a laboratory -- One body, many members, many gifts- the church as system -- Recognizing that authority roles are temporary: a practical way to allow space in which the authority of the whole body may be evoked -- The church as servant: doing what's needed -- Building integrated servant leadership for the church -- Situational leadership: a tool to help servant leaders do what's needed ER -