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A critical examination of Christian leadership in the light of recent trends within the Church of England

ABSTRACT Recent trends within the Church of England have led many to criticize the rise of management techniques within the appointment and development strategy of the Church. At the heart of this debate is a general suspicion of the goals and aims of leadership as a whole, and a specific question as to how consistent these are with the work of the gospel. In this article, I have identified several of the key issues and, considering the work of key voices on Christian leadership, suggested that leadership is on the whole neither specifically good nor bad but can be used for either. The key for Christians is an awareness of the dangers and a willingness to engage with all sides with a pastoral and prophetic outlook and voice. What cannot be tolerated, however, is the trend of managerialism, which surged through leadership theory in the twentieth century.