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Cultivating lay leaders through mentorship, conflict management, and rites of passage

This thesis develops a strategic leadership plan for lay transitions in the church. While most changeovers occur within a healthy process, this project addresses those occasions when there are systemic problems such as unhealthy power dynamics and parish tension.
In this thesis I develop a four-step mentorship program with an accompanying handbook, a conflict management paradigm with effective strategies for four levels of conflict, and four liturgies that celebrate and validate healthy transitions and future work. These rituals are: Reconciliation following parish conflict and the terms for leaders.
The plan is incorporated into a three-step structure adapted from the Centre for Creative Leadership. The durability of the model is examined with a Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/48745
Date13 May 2024
CreatorsRuder Celiz, Robin Andrew
ContributorsShenton, Andrew
Source SetsBoston University
Languageen_US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis/Dissertation

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