Understanding the leadership development experiences of executive church denomination leaders: a phenomenological approach

The challenges faced by executive church leaders, and their denominations, requires knowledge which specifically supports their development as high level leaders. This study builds on “lessons of experience” research and explores the leadership development experiences of executive church denomination leaders. A phenomenological approach was used to capture the essence of the leadership development experiences of several bishops within a single African American denomination. Among this group of leaders, six major themes and their respective sub-themes emerged as important elements of their collective experience. These findings suggest that leadership development experiences for executive church leaders should include ministry venture creation, the use of relevant and real cases, and mentoring relationships.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Human Resource Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2012

Author dc:creator

• Sparkman, Torrence

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kuchinke, K. Peter
• Korte, Russell F.
• Zerai, Assata
• Daniels III, David D.

• Executive leadership
• Leadership development
• Church Leadership

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2012 Torrence Sparkman

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/31177

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/31177