Detrimental factors contributing to the non-functioning of Christian men in their leadership role in context of family and church: A qualitative analysis

Abstract

This paper engaged the qualitative method of structured interviews with Christian men due to non-functioning in the family and church. The paper emphasises the leadership role of the man in context of family and church. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate how men function in their leadership role in context of family and church so that challenges may be identified, and practical solutions be recommended to the church for the equipping of Christian men. The question that this paper endeavoured to answer was: Which detrimental factors have contributed to the non-functioning of Christian men in their role as spiritual leaders in context of family and church? The structured interviews used in this study involved fifteen male participants selected from the surroundings of evangelical churches in Johannesburg, South Africa. This paper provides a description of the research process related to the qualitative data analysis and its results related to the participant responses. The feedback from the respondents shed light on the need for the equipping of Christian men in the selected churches for their leadership role in the mentioned contexts. This paper contributes to Christian families and churches having a sound biblical worldview of the leadership role of the man, and a clear understanding of the authority of Scripture in their lives and ministry. This paper comes from a chapter in a larger study from a PhD thesis: The leadership role of the man in context of the family and church: A pastoral-theological study.

Keywords

• christian men
• leader
• leadership
• family
• church
• complementarity