Participatory Leadership: Building New Habits in the Body of Christ Open Access
Barr, Cameron (Spring 2019)
Abstract
As an alternative to modes of organizational leadership that are more authoritarian or
controlling, this project elaborates on leadership practices suitable for use by pastors in
congregations that welcome the participatory leadership of the assembled body of
worshippers. The article elaborates on three platforms of participatory leadership
specifically—the World Café, the Circle Way, and Open Space Technology—and demonstrates
how the author, a pastor in the Congregational tradition, used them in parish leadership. The
article shows evidence that these practices can help the Body of Christ learn how to become
more experimental for the sake of innovation in its mission. Furthermore, the article argues
that practices of participatory leadership are helpful to the church in a disruptive time
of adaptive change and faithful to an ecclesiology that values the congregation as an
image of the Risen Christ.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Discernment with Communal Gifts in Mind 4
The Body of Christ as a Living System 8
Art of Hosting Tools 16
World Cafe 17
Circle Way 20
Open Space Technology 22
Experience in Grinnell 27
Experience in Chapel Hill 30
Measuring Impact 33
Conclusion 37
Works Cited 39
Appendix 42
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