Leadership Styles in Church Growth: Examining their Role in Societal Transformation and Church Commitment

The study examined kind of leadership style exhibited by church leaders in transforming society and church growth, and the relationship between leadership style and organisational/church commitment.With a sample size of 384 church members and a quantitative research approach, the findings of the study revealed that most church leaders tend to exhibit a servant leadership style, followed by transformational and then transactional leadership style.The argument that churches leaders tend to exhibit more of servant leadership can be based on the assertion that there is a strong resonance between the concept of servant leadership and the concepts of humility and service, which are often emphasised in religious teachings.Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between church commitment and various leadership styles such as servant and transactional but insignificant relationship between church commitment and transformational leadership style.The study therefore recommends that church leaders should always see themselves as servant leaders and adopt rewards and motivation system to boost their subordinate's commitment other than only compelling their subordinates to move along with their vision.