Successful Pastoral Leadership Behaviors

Abstract

ABSTRACT Research shows that leadership has an impact on members' satisfaction with an organization and organizational outcomes. Consideration, initiation of structure, inspiring a shared vision, innovation, serving as a model, and charisma have all been identified as important. The relationship between board members' description of pastoral leadership and objective measures of church growth was examined. The correlation was statistically significant for 4 of the 6 dimensions, but the most important dimension was that of a pastor's inspiring a shared vision among the people of his or her church.