Factors in Cameroonian Christian Leadership for Bible Translation

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Issue Date: 
2013-02
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Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary
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xvii, 424 pages
Abstract: 
The leadership of SIL International in Africa is, for the most part, non-African. In this era of the expansion of the global church of Jesus Christ, it is appropriate for local Christians to have leadership roles in SIL to complete the Bible translation task in contextually appropriate ways. The purpose of this research project is to study the lives of Cameroonian leaders involved in Bible translation to identify salient spiritual, cultural, and behavioral factors that made them to succeed or fail as leaders. I also studied leadership competencies for effective leadership in the Bible translation ministry and SIL leadership values. This research is intended to contribute to the selection of more African men and women to assume leadership in SIL in Africa. Multiple-case study research enabled me to develop focused life histories of six leaders in Bible translation and language development work at the local and national level in Cameroon. Focus group research helped me to confirm and expand the findings of the multiple-case study. I surveyed SIL workers across Africa to understand their leadership values and attitudes. I did archival research to understand official SIL values and policies relating to leadership. And I researched relevant literature to understand leadership theory, cultural theory, and current missiological thinking on the topics of leadership theory and cross-cultural leadership. The ethnographic research enabled me to identify leadership development factors and competencies for Cameroonian Christian leaders, which I described as a conceptual framework of leadership. I compared this framework with other leadership models to formulate a synthetic model for effective African Christian leadership in global contexts. Comparing this model with SIL leadership values, I developed an African model of leadership for SIL, which is the basis for a leadership selection and development model that can help SIL to engage more African leaders. This research contributes to leadership development and effective leadership as it relates to the church in Africa and to the Bible translation ministry. It also expands the literature on Christian leadership selection and formation, and the models of effective leadership in global contexts.
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ABSTRACT -- DEDICATION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 AFRICAN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONTEXT: LIFE HISTORIES OF CAMEROON CHRISTIAN LEADERS -- CHAPTER 3 FACTORS IN EFFECTIVE CAMEROONIAN LEADERSHIP: THE ROLE OF CULTURE -- CHAPTER 4 FACTORS IN EFFECTIVE CAMEROONIAN LEADERSHIP: THE ROLE OF SPIRITUALITY -- CHAPTER 5 FACTORS IN EFFECTIVE CAMEROONIAN LEADERSHIP: THE ROLE OF CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES -- CHAPTER 6 FACTORS IN EFFECTIVE CAMEROONIAN LEADERSHIP: CAMEROONIAN LEADERSHIP VALUES -- CHAPTER 7 AFRICAN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP FOR GLOBAL CONTEXTS -- CHAPTER 8 SIL LEADERSHIP VALUES AND GOALS -- CHAPTER 9 TENSION BETWEEN SIL AND CAMEROONIAN LEADERSHIP VALUES AND PRACTICE -- CHAPTER 10 STRATEGIES FOR CONVERGENCE: AFRICAN LEADERSHIP FOR SIL -- CHAPTER 11 CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK -- APPENDIX B CASE STUDY PROTOCOL -- APPENDIX C LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THEMES FOR RESEARCH SUBJECTS -- APPENDIX D FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEW GUIDE -- APPENDIX E ANALYSIS OF THE CULTURAL VALUES OF THE RESEARCH SUBJECTS -- APPENDIX F SURVEY OF LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS -- APPENDIX G SIL PHILOSOPHY OF LEADERSHIP -- APPENDIX H GOALS FOR DEVELOPING LEADERS IN SIL -- APPENDIX I ATTITUDES, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE FOR SIL LEADERS WITH INDICATORS -- APPENDIX J SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE -- APPENDIX K BASIC VALUES QUESTIONNAIRE -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES CITED -- VITA
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Cameroon
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Entry Number: 
54069