value centered leadership and community development by: kathy hodge dudley

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Value Centered Leadership and Community Development

By: Kathy Hodge Dudley

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For three days in 1987, the world held its breath while “baby Jessica”, a 18-month old girl was wedged into a tiny well, just 8 inches wide, 22 feet below ground.



Further In and Deeper Down



To provide snapshots of my personal journey in ministry

To explore the theological framework, principles, and core values I have discovered in my personal journey

To discover how our core beliefs and culture impact our effective as transformational leaders

To challenge participants to look for applicable concepts, principles, and values that can be applied in their context.

Today’s Objectives



Born the 12th child of Sharecropper’sBecame a Christian at age 17Married at 19At age 20, my first child and first ministry were

bornRhema Home Ministries (Isaiah 58:6-9)Voice of Hope Ministries (Proverbs 31:9)Dallas Leadership Foundation (Ephesians 4:16)Imani Bridges (John 17:20-23)

Personal Journey Snapshots



The following strongly agreed or agreed that:DLF meets a critical need in Dallas = 88% I can easily explain the vision and mission of DLF=71%DLF is a critical link to bring different sectors of society

together-93%DLF is an honest broke=100% I have personally grown as a Christian because of my

involvement with DLF=92%The Body of Christ is more unified=92%Lives of the poor have improved=93%

Findings above are taken from a research project completed Summer 2002 by Kathy H. Dudley

DLF Success Indicators

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Core beliefs are often mistaken for innate characteristics, because they are buried so deep. But they are not inherited or beyond the influences of training and spiritual discipline. They have been acquired through life experiences, worship, and cultural exposure, and they can be altered likewise. Core beliefs are not mere propositions to which assent is given. They are the ways one trusts or fails to trust. They are embraced intuitively and emotionally, with or without the ability to express them rationally. Core beliefs are perhaps most authentically expressed when uttered spontaneously in crisis situations.

Henry H. Mitchell, and Nicholas C. Cooper-Lewter, Soul Theology: The Heart of American Black Culture (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1996), 3.

Principles and Core Beliefs



The critical ideas in society are not the ones being argued, but the ones being assumed.

C.S. Lewis



An example or pattern of something; a model; a worldview underlying the theories and methodology.

Paradigm

BRIDGE

Bottomline

Results

Individualism

Dependency

Gov’t Driven

Entitlement

Beliefs

Relationships

Interdependence

Development

Grassroots Driven

Empowerment



© Kathy H. Dudley

Beliefs

Relationships

Interdependent

Development

Grassroots Driven

Empowerment BODY BUILDERS BRIDGE

Beliefs

© Kathy H. Dudley

““The greatest need we have is not to do The greatest need we have is not to do things, but to believe things.” things, but to believe things.”

-- Oswald Chambers-- Oswald Chambers



Harold TurnerA Tool to Measure the Bridge Core

Values and Theological FrameworkTwo Examples of “Deep Mission”:

Missionaries and Karl Marx

Three Levels of Mission



The individual - personalFocuses on personal evangelismIt includes personal service, but is

mostly focused on “words”

Level One



The Public - Social Centers around community in which the

church is placed Recognizes that simply “being the people of

God” is a force in mission Focuses on society Works for change in social, political, and

economic policies and systems

Level Two



The deeper cultural If society is a tree, Level Three’s concern is

with the roots If society is a building, Level Three looks at the

foundation If society is a ship, Level Three recognizes the

significance of the current and tide These images focus on what is hidden and

therefore often forgotten It is our worldview

Level Three



It unmasks and answers the basic questions of life

Asked questions like “Who am I?, where am I? what’s wrong? And how can it be put right?

It unmasks contemporary ideologies and idolatries

It recognizes that “ideas have legs” Therefore, as Harold Turner says, “The most

practical thing the church can do is to think.”

Level Three



“Isms” that describe our worldview

Narcissism (the self-absorbed commitment to go with what makes you feel good)

Economism (money, and the best interests of the economy, as the sole criterion on which decisions are made)

Pluralism (the elevation of tolerance of ideas, not just people, as the ultimate value in society)

Wrestle With the “isms”



“Isms” that describe our worldview

RacismClassismSexism

Galatians 3:28

Wrestle With the “isms”



Level 1- when Jesus called sinners like Matthew, to follow him. This is bold, blatant personal evangelism

Level 2 - Acts 2 and 4, adopted a new way of living, even a new social order, that changed them and the communities in which they lived

Level 3 - Jesus challenged the status quo about fasting and new wineskins, or engaging the Pharisees about the Sabbath, was exposing underlying assumptions or worldviews.

Three Levels and the Bible



Transactional

Primary focus is on the content or what is said.

The transmitting of information,where concepts and information are exchanged, modified & evaluated

Skills are improved, but the people arebasically unchanged.

People remain “detached” from the“things” they are talking about.

A step by step agenda is usually followed.

The results such as knowledge, skills or decisions are “measurable”.

Associated words:Discussion, training, input, team, compromise, and decision-making.

Transformational Leaders Transformational Primary focus is on the process or

how it is said. (Beliefs) It is a creative process where concepts,

information, and people evolve together-forming. (Relationships) are exchanged, modified & evaluated

Process builds trust and a sense of “togetherness” is created. (Interdependence)

People are “moved” and changed by the experience. (Development)

The process is necessarily dynamic and attempts to measure the results can ruin the transformational potential.(Grassroots Driven)

Associated words:Dialogue, education, involvement, community, consensus, and the ability to choose. (Empowerment) © Kathy H. Dudley



Written by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright

USC10 years of research24,000 people in 24 organizationsTribal leadership provides an approach to diagnose

and upgrade cultures within organizations.

Tribal Leadership



Tribes are like small townsBirds flock, fish school, and people tribeTribes are 20-150 people-after 150 they splitTribes get work done, but don’t form because of workTribes decide if the leader will flourish or get take outDifference in performance of a tribe is the tribal leader who

is dedicated to upgrading the tribe Many tribal leaders cannot articulate what they are doing

Tribal Leadership



Thirteen diverse colonies into one people was his greatest accomplishment

These included affluent class in VA society who were perhaps fewer than 100 people, Continental Congress of 55 Delegates, and the Officer class of the Continental Army

He first got them to talk about what unified them - their value of freedom or hating the king’s latest tax, or wanting to win the fight, etc.

As he built the common cause in each tribe, a mission gelled and they embraced “we’re great” language.

Example Of A Tribal Leadership: George Washington



Stage One: “Life sucks”People act out in despairingly hostile way

Stage Two: “Life sucks for ME”25% of workplace-people exhibit behavior of apathetic victims)

Stage Three: “I am great (and you’re not)75% of workplace-personally competitive & only limited innovation & almost

no collaboration Stage Four: “We’re great (and they’re not)

22% of workplace-beginning of high performance Stage Five: “Life is great”

2% of workplace-focus on realizing potential by making history.

Tribal Leadership Stages

“ “God chose to make fig pickers into prophets, God chose to make fig pickers into prophets, prisoners into prime ministers, little Jewish prisoners into prime ministers, little Jewish girls into queens, shepherd boys into giant girls into queens, shepherd boys into giant killers and kings, and common fishermen into killers and kings, and common fishermen into founders of the church.”founders of the church.”

-John Rowell-John Rowell



Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?Were you in the yard with your wife and childrenOr working on some stage in L.A.?Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smokeRisin' against that blue sky?Did you shout out in anger, in fear for your neighborOr did you just sit down and cry?

Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved onesAnd pray for the ones who don't know?Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubbleAnd sob for the ones left below?Did you burst out in pride for the red, white and blueAnd the heroes who died just doin' what they do?Did you look up to heaven for some kind of answerAnd look at yourself and what really matters?

Where Were You?



[Chorus:]I'm just a singer of simple songsI'm not a real political manI watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you the difference in Iraq and IranBut I know Jesus and I talk to GodAnd I remember this from when I was youngFaith, hope and love are some good things He gave usAnd the greatest is love

Where Were You?



FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. KATHY H. DUDLEYDirector of Cross-Cultural Empowerment and

Professor of Leadership and Community Development with Emphasis in African Studies

Bakke Graduate University

www.bgu.edu

[email protected]

626.676.3350© Kathy H. Dudley

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