Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Global Education and Society Science, ICOGESS 2019,14 March, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia

Research Article

Characteristics Of Present-Day Church Leaders

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.14-3-2019.2292020,
        author={Mindo Judica Pangaribuan},
        title={Characteristics Of Present-Day Church Leaders },
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Global Education and Society Science, ICOGESS 2019,14 March, Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICOGESS},
        year={2020},
        month={2},
        keywords={leadership quality church},
        doi={10.4108/eai.14-3-2019.2292020}
    }
    
  • Mindo Judica Pangaribuan
    Year: 2020
    Characteristics Of Present-Day Church Leaders
    ICOGESS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-3-2019.2292020
Mindo Judica Pangaribuan1,*
  • 1: STT Pelita Kebenaran
*Contact email: mindojudica@gmail.com

Abstract

The church is God's chosen people and is a manifestation and representation of the presence of Christ and His work in this world. A feature of a healthy church is characterized by a high quality leadership. This study aims to determine the characteristics of church leadership using a qualitative approach. The results of the study indicate that the characteristics of church leaders are: 1) ethical characteristics, namely the leader is a person who lives blamelessly, is faithful to his spouse and has children who have faith, and 2) have teaching that is in accordance with the truth of God's Word.