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%AUTHORITY CORRUPTION SCRIPTURE INTERPRET LEADERS 990810
When we are confronted with protracted conflicts
within religious institutions we will do well and be well
when we consider carefully how to recognize leaders who
seek to dominate "things" and people through the
acquisition of enough power to prevail through
manipulative, coercive and/or violent maneuvers. We can
recognize such leaders by considering:
1. How coercive, manipulative, and/or domineering
various leaders are compared to how humble, gentle, and
gracious other leaders are.
2. How open, honest, and forthcoming some leaders
are in comparison to how secretive, closed, and
calculative other leaders are.
3. Which leaders invite input from balanced numbers
of people who advance complementary and/or conflicting
points of view, perspectives and recommendations --- and
which other leaders seek to exclude or discredit people
who offer unpopular, embarrassing and or discredited
points of view and recommendations.
4. Which leaders show signs of defensiveness and/or
insecurity --- while trying to maintain a front of self
confidence, certainty and authority.
5. Whether leaders are operating within the frame of
mind of power-hungry authoritarians --- or within the
frame of mind of humble pilgrims seeking together to
cooperate in finding the truth, the way, and the life-
styles which will help all people to cooperate in building
integrative and healthy communities.
6. Whether leaders are prone to extreme/exclusive
forms of legalilsm, judgementalism, and excommunication
--- or to indifference to reliable truths, disciplines and
forms of cooperation.
7. Which leaders are preoccupied with issues of
control: Of what? By whom? To advance what cause? At
whose expense? To whose advantage? By the exclusion of
whom?
8. Which leaders are seeking to distribute
decision- making power and authority as widely as is
practical? For what reasons? Over whose objections?
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