Abstract:
This article explores the concept and practice of the missional leadership from three
perspectives: the biblical worldview, cultural mandate and narratives of biblical examples. The
research explores two elements of missional leadership, which is comparable to the leadership
theory as it delves into the concept of ‘missional’. This research also unearths understanding
the relationship between missional leadership in intercultural environments to the biblical
worldview that is based on biblical theology. Furthermore, the exploration seeks to find a
relationship between the intercultural missional leadership and the cultural mandate endowed
by the triune God to mankind as God’s image. In addition, the research also carefully looks
into the following biblical models that exemplify intercultural missional leadership: Moses,
Jesus Christ and the apostle Paul. Narratives of the Bible show that God reveals his leadership
through his providence to accomplish his goal according to his pleasing will, as God is the only
resource to intercultural missional leadership. This study seeks to demonstrate how missional
leadership in missiology coincides with theological common concepts of the biblical worldview
and the cultural mandate in the biblical theology, which will be exemplified through biblical
narratives. Both have the same goal to accomplish God’s kingdom according to the timeline
of the historical phases in biblical worldview: creation, fall, redemption and restoration.
It investigates present-time applicable principles through three biblical narratives, providing a
reasonable basis of correlation between culture and the gospel.
