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The cup and baptism: Metaphors of servant leadership in Mark 10:38–39

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dc.contributor.author Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon
dc.date.accessioned 2020-06-30T14:23:07Z
dc.date.available 2020-06-30T14:23:07Z
dc.date.issued 2019-06-17
dc.identifier.citation Kgatle, M.S., 2019, “The cup and baptism: metaphors of servant leadership in Mark 10:38–39” in S Jung, V Kessler, L Kretzschmar & E Meier (eds), Metaphors for Leading –Leading by Metaphors, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht unipress, pp 55–64. ISBN: 9783847109150. en
dc.identifier.isbn 9783847109150
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26501
dc.description.abstract This chapter is part of the fourth Christian Leadership Conference theme “Metaphors of leadership or leading by metaphors”. In the chapter, I present “cup” and “baptism” as metaphors of servant leadership in Mark 10:38–39. A literature review on the two verses, Mark 10:38–39, will assist with an understanding of the key message in the text. I will then explore various possible biblical and metaphorical denotations of the “cup” and “baptism”, and apply the implications in Mark 10:38–39 to the matter of servant leadership. The chapter will illustrate that the call by Jesus for his disciples to drink his cup and to be baptised with his baptism is a timely reminder that occupying positions of greatness in the kingdom of God may involve suffering. It is a call for leaders around the world to endure hardship and tribulation with the hope of an eschatological vindication. It is also a call for leaders to embrace a leadership of serving others rather than seeking to attain positions and places of honour. According to Greenleaf (1997:14), servant leaders demand to serve first and to acquire a position later. In other words, they seek primarily to minister and they become great because of their attitude towards serving. en
dc.description.sponsorship University of South Africa en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht en
dc.subject Cup en
dc.subject Baptism en
dc.subject metaphors en
dc.subject Servant leadership en
dc.subject Mark en
dc.title The cup and baptism: Metaphors of servant leadership in Mark 10:38–39 en
dc.type Book chapter en
dc.description.department Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology en


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