A study on features of servant leadership

What is Servant leadership? This term, created from the fusion of the two words servant and leader, at first glance, does not seem to match each other but is used as the true leader of our age. The original meaning of the Hebrew abad for service is that a person works for God or other person(s) for a fixed period of time or for a lifetime. The word service means ‘to worship (God)’ and ‘to serve (for others) at the same time. This word has a very important meaning because it means that worshiping God and serving people are not different things. Those who do not love visible people cannot love invisible God. In other words, loving God is naturally directed toward our neighbors. Since all men are honorable creatures in the image of God, true Christian leadership must stand on the ground of loving God and loving neighbors. This study points out that the term ‘service’ often appears in the stories of Moses, the greatest leaders in the Old Testament and also in the stories of Jesus and his disciples, the models of service in the New Testament. And it will present the role of a servant leader in modern society and the modern church.