God calls both women and men into roles of leadership with all the opportunities and challenges these roles entail. However, most of the books and articles available on Christian leadership are written by and for men. This article, on the other hand, addresses some leadership issues with a focus on women as leaders. It examines five symptoms of the current crisis in Christian leadership and provides a definition of leadership: someone who makes a difference through influencing others. Three basic postures are discussed: leading from below, leading from above, and leading from the side. Leaders need to be intentional rather than purely accidental; they need to act with purposes that are broader than the purely personal; they need to be persistent; and they need vision.

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