A Study of John 21:15-17: Toward a Shepherd Model of Christian Ministry
Isaac Boaheng 
& Isaac Justice Osei
Issue: Vol.3 No.12 November 2022 Article 9 pp.636-647
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20223129 | Published online 28th November 2022.
© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Leadership is one of the key challenges facing the contemporary society despite many seminars, conferences and workshops organized on this subject. The political crises in many organizations and societies are the result of poor leadership. The subject of leadership is so important that no amount of scholarship dedicated to it can be considered too much. In a predominantly Christian society like Africa (and some other parts of the world) many people look up to Christianity to offer a leadership model that can promote quality leadership. The purpose of this paper is to provide biblical principles for leadership through a textual analysis of John 21:15-17. A literature-research methodology was used to gather data from books, journal articles and dissertations. A key finding is that shepherd leaders must show deep concern, compassion, acceptance and empathy for their followers in order to heal, sustain, nurture, and empower them. The paper ends with implications of the shepherding model of leadership for contemporary Christian ministry.
Keywords: Christ, Christian, Leadership, Shepherd
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Isaac Boaheng (PhD) is a lecturer in Theology and Christian Ethics at the Christian Service University College, Ghana, and a Research Fellow at the Department of Biblical and Religion Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa. Boaheng is an Ordained Minister of the Methodist Church Ghana serving the Suame circuit of the Kumasi Diocese.
Isaac Justice Osei is a minister of the Methodist Church Ghana serving the Dixcove Circuit of the Sekondi Diocese. Osei holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Trinity Theological Seminary and has research interests in Biblical Studies, African Christianity and Systematic Theology.
Boaheng I. & Osei J. I.“A Study of John 21:15-17: Toward a Shepherd Model of Christian Ministry,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 3, no.12 (2022):636-647. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20223129
© 2022 The Author(s). Published and Maintained by Noyam Publishers. This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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