Who Is Jesus Of Nazareth A Visionary And Ethical Leader?
Jesus of Nazareth
What do you think about when you hear Salvation Army? The poor, the homeless, the hungry, a red kettle, or someone ringing a bell to solicit donations? Whatever thought entered your mind, please add the fact that they served 57 million meals in 2014 (reference). Their founder William Booth, decided to create an organization centered on community service off the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. This fact along makes Jesus of Nazareth a Visionary and Ethical Leader. This essay will not focus on the religious teaching of Jesus but only a small aspect of his huge vision – love thou neighbor as thy self. Which simply means Brotherly Love.
Visionary Leader
According to a publication in the Washington Post titled Pope Francis is …show more content…
Not only because his vision was to love thou neighbor as thy self but because he cared. (reference # 2) According to John A. Broadus book entitled “Jesus of Nazareth”, Jesus was called “the poor man’s philosopher; the first and only one that has ever appeared. This can been seen when Jesus feed 5000 after a teaching ((reference #3) According to James Moore Book – The Amazing Mr. Jesus). Let’s apply Dr Toner’s consequence ethical test to this situation. The Consequences Test: – Will the end justify the means? Yes, because this is his vision. Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education [BCEE] (2012b p. change management LM06SG-3) defines Strategic Planning as the systematic process of envisioning a desired future, and translating this vision into objectives and a sequence of steps to achieve them, and in this instance, it seems that Jesus was a strategic planner because he truly understood IM. In that day and time, there was no better way to “raise the bar” for his followers, thereby allowing him to developing a team on a large scale (strategic planning). If we reflect back to the earlier situation with Jesus and the man, we can see his continued Steadiness behavior trait because he went from developing one to developing a team of followers using the same IM principle. His feeding the 5000 also shows his willingness to create and promote not only an ethical climate but to foster ethical behavior from his team. His ethical leader …show more content…
Our Mission
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian
Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/mission-statement 8. William Booth embarked upon his ministerial career in 1852, desiring to win the lost multitudes of England to Christ. He walked the streets of London to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor, the homeless, the hungry, and the destitute. http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/history-of-the-salvation-army
9. Almost 57 million meals raised on $4 million http://salvationarmyannualreport.org/financials
Over the next three to five years I want to increase my skill set as a Transformational leader.
It was once said, “History determines how great of a leader you are”. It’s simple our history or time is based somehow off the birth of Jesus of Nazareth but exactly how time is calculated or who is using what to calculate time is beyond the scope of this briefing
What do you think about when you hear Salvation Army? The poor, the homeless, the hungry, a red kettle, or someone ringing a bell to solicit donations? Whatever thought entered your mind, please add the fact that they served 57 million meals in 2014 (reference). Their founder William Booth, decided to create an organization centered on community service off the teaching of Jesus of Nazareth. This fact along makes Jesus of Nazareth a Visionary and Ethical Leader. This essay will not focus on the religious teaching of Jesus but only a small aspect of his huge vision – love thou neighbor as thy self. Which simply means Brotherly Love.
Visionary Leader
According to a publication in the Washington Post titled Pope Francis is …show more content…
Not only because his vision was to love thou neighbor as thy self but because he cared. (reference # 2) According to John A. Broadus book entitled “Jesus of Nazareth”, Jesus was called “the poor man’s philosopher; the first and only one that has ever appeared. This can been seen when Jesus feed 5000 after a teaching ((reference #3) According to James Moore Book – The Amazing Mr. Jesus). Let’s apply Dr Toner’s consequence ethical test to this situation. The Consequences Test: – Will the end justify the means? Yes, because this is his vision. Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education [BCEE] (2012b p. change management LM06SG-3) defines Strategic Planning as the systematic process of envisioning a desired future, and translating this vision into objectives and a sequence of steps to achieve them, and in this instance, it seems that Jesus was a strategic planner because he truly understood IM. In that day and time, there was no better way to “raise the bar” for his followers, thereby allowing him to developing a team on a large scale (strategic planning). If we reflect back to the earlier situation with Jesus and the man, we can see his continued Steadiness behavior trait because he went from developing one to developing a team of followers using the same IM principle. His feeding the 5000 also shows his willingness to create and promote not only an ethical climate but to foster ethical behavior from his team. His ethical leader …show more content…
Our Mission
The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian
Church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/mission-statement 8. William Booth embarked upon his ministerial career in 1852, desiring to win the lost multitudes of England to Christ. He walked the streets of London to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the poor, the homeless, the hungry, and the destitute. http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/history-of-the-salvation-army
9. Almost 57 million meals raised on $4 million http://salvationarmyannualreport.org/financials
Over the next three to five years I want to increase my skill set as a Transformational leader.
It was once said, “History determines how great of a leader you are”. It’s simple our history or time is based somehow off the birth of Jesus of Nazareth but exactly how time is calculated or who is using what to calculate time is beyond the scope of this briefing