Servant of God Leadership Church Workshop Rev Ronald

Servant of God Leadership Church Workshop Rev. Ronald O. Mc. Cants, M. Div. , M. Ed.

Tanzania Africa Value is not placed on the appearance of things, but value is placed on the purpose of things.

Tarime Village – Our Father’s House

Mwita Baita and family

Moses Nyamhanga, Director – Homeless Children Ministry

Homeless Children Ministry

What comes to our mind when we think about servant leadership?

A. The title “servant(s) of Yahweh” • Any servant of the universal soverign God is a privileged person. Read Psalm 103: 1 -4 • Who is the servant entitled to look to for protection? • Is there a covenant relationship in this emotional bond between the two parties? [yes] [no]

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Angel House Students – Tanzania Africa

Angel House School – Elementary Students

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What do you think about Saint Augustine’s quotes? • You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. • Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul. • The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. Bishop of Hippo, North Africa, b. 354 -d. 430

B. The Servant Songs 1. Read Isaiah 42: 1 -4 • Deutero-Isaiah denote certain passages as the “Servant Songs. ” • Yahweh introduces his Servant as his chosen one, endowed with His Spirit to bring forth justice (KJV “judgement”) to the nations. The Hebrew language means a rendering of “true religion. ” • He will work unobtrusively and will not be discouraged until he has established true religion in the earth.

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2. Read Isaiah 49: 1 -6 • The Servant announces himself to the distant people (Gentiles) and kept in readiness for his mission. • Yahweh assures him that he should be his servant to restore Israel. • He is to be a light to the nations, in that salvation may reach to the end of the earth.

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3. Read Isaiah 50: 4 -9 • The speaker describes how Yahweh awakens him morning by morning to hear as disciples hear. • He suffers because of unjust violence and ignominy. • None shall be able to secure a verdict of guilty against him.

C. The Problem • The “My Servant” Deutero-Isaiah emphasis. • Individual or Group connotations?

D(1). History of Interpretation • The servant passages were understood by New Testament writers as prophesying Christ. • At the beginning of the Christian era, Christians pressed the messianic interpretations.

D(2). History of Interpretation • Many Jews adopted the collective theory that the Deutero-Isaiah Servant was Israel. • By the end of the 18 th century, the Jewish view gained increasing currency. • By the end of the 19 th century, numerous historical individual theories have been put forward, such as kings Hezekiah, Uzziah, Jehoiachin, Zerubbabel and Cyrus as suggested “Servants. ”

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D(3). History of Interpretation • The current form of the messianic interpretation is that which would see in the Servant the future messiah. • The Servant is the representative and embodiment of the people he rules. • The general opinion is that Jesus regarded himself as their fulfillment.

Alison’s House of Hope for Homeless Children Ministry

What do you think about Nelson Mandela? • "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. “ • "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. . • "It always seems impossible until it's done. “ President, South Africa, b. 1918 -d. 2013

E. Who was the Servant? Deutero-Isaiah perspective • The Servant bears more of the features of a prophet than those of a king. • He manifests those qualities which accorded with messiahship figure as Jesus.

F. Activity: Servant Leadership Comparison of Moses and Jesus Christ

G. Religious significance of the Servant • What was the Servant to do? • Read Isaiah 53: 5 -10 • What did the Servant make himself an offering for? • The Servant accomplishes this, not only for Israel, but also for “many nations, ” the Gentiles.

Steven Baruani, Pamoja Group, Mwanza Regional Coordinator

February 15 th, 2019 Report by Miliary Parmao, Program Manager • 39 Pamoja groups are operating now, based out of 23 Churches. • 807 total members within these groups • $. 50 to $5. 00 Ind. Invest • $21, 229. 91 saved within these groups. • (Compare: I can eat for $1/day in Tanzania. )

What do you think about Zozibini Tunzi? • “I want [young girls] to live in a different world where everyone matters, where everyone is smart, where everyone is beautiful, where everyone is capable. ” Miss Universe, South Africa, 2019 • How does her philosophical vision apply to the church?

Read Luke 4: 18 -21 • The four Gospels portray Jesus as having had a sense of mission much like the prophets in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). • They declare that Jesus saw himself as the decisive revelation of God to his people. • That revelation consisted of Jesus’ teachings, both about himself and about his role.

David and Josephine Jeremiah, Tour Coordinators

Activity Fill in the handout to develop your Servant Leadership Action Plan.

Resources

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