Full-orbed Leadership: The Five Phases of Church Leadership

December 3, 2025

Full-orbed Leadership: The Five Phases of Church Leadership

Marcus Streater | 2016

Abstract

Welcome toFull-orbed Leadership: The Five Phases of Church Leadership! Throughout this series of courses, you will discover a Christ-centered leadership approach which encompasses a holistic range of spiritual and practical disciplines.Full-orbed Leadershipoffers several contemporary leadership paradigms through a biblical worldview and is intended, but not limited, to supporting sustained Christian discipleship and church organizational development. To illustrate the progressive path toward becoming a full-orbed leader, I utilize the moon as an analogous symbol throughout the curriculum. Conveniently, the moon offers its illumination in phases, and I believe that contemporary church leaders can illuminate the lives of others in an ever-increasing way. This curriculum will be delivered in five courses (or Phases). Throughout these courses, I will highlight eight distinct leadership competencies and demonstrate how they coalesce into theFive Phases of Church Leadership. First, in the New Phase, we will explore how leaders learn to perceive and understand themselves and their potential influence through authentic leadership. In the Crescent Phase, we will examine how leaders learn to scan, envision, and innovate by applying strategic and anticipatory leadership skills. Next, in the Quarter Phase, ethical and transformational leadership provide the means through which leaders learn to value and transform their followers. In the Gibbous Phase, we engage servant leadership, which offers leaders the opportunity to enrich and serve their followers in highly impactful ways. Finally, in the Full-orbed Phase, allied and global leadership are added to the rest as leaders learn to collaborate, adapt, and reach beyond geographic and cultural boundaries. Altogether, these Five Phases will demonstrate how applying Full-orbed Leadership can enhance the growth and development of the leader and those who are being led.

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