Transformational Pastoral Leadership
Abstract
The paper defines pastoral ministry, explains the Church's role in social transformation as a change agent, and examines the contribution of Churches to societal transformation and integral human development. The research questions guiding the study are: What is the role of pastoral ministers in social transformation? What is the role of the Church in social transformation? What is the role of community leaders in social transformation? The study also expounds on dialogue between the religious and secular, transformational models in the Catholic Church, and the role of change agents such as the Church in the development process, finally providing examples of agents of social transformation in pastoral ministry. The paper defines and explains the meaning and nature of social transformation. It expounds on conceptual analysis of social transformation and provides examples of agents of social transformation. Social transformation implies a fundamental change in society, which can be contrasted with social change viewed as gradual or incremental changes over a period of time. Studies of social transformation encompass a wide range of institutional and cultural changes in society throughout history. The literature related to the research questions has been reviewed, covering various key concepts. The study seeks to establish whether transformational pastoral leadership styles play a significant role in assisting church leadership in management and development of institutions. Transformational leadership styles play a crucial role in institutional organization. The study captures the concept of transformational pastoral leadership model that was seemingly well thought out in the Catholic Church to bring about social transformation. The findings reveal that transformational pastoral leaders like Pope Francis, Paulo Freire, Oscar Romero, and Wangari Maathai have successfully demonstrated how exposure to marginality, awareness of positionality, and critical reflection can drive social transformation. It is concluded that exposure to situations of marginality, awareness of one's positionality, and critical reflection on social action in conditions of asymmetrical power relations are elements that can open new ways to rethink pastoral ministry for social transformation. The study demonstrates that the self-reliance paradigm can become a key perspective to analyze, understand, and eventually transform society, particularly in addressing the asymmetrical relations of power that continue to limit African agency and make the Church's social mission ineffective
Keywords: Leadership, pastoral leadership, community, social transformation
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