BIBLICAL LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES: THE HOPE FOR THE NIGERIAN SOCIETY

Christianity and the Bible in particular have influenced many things in this world both positively and negatively. Peter Berger, an American Sociologist, once a strong advocate of secularization theory, after considering and studying world events carefully has turned around to write and lecture on desecularization of religion. According to him, religion has influenced many major activities and events in this world and will continue to do so. In his book, The Desecularization of the World: Resurgent Religion and World Politics, Berger contends that modernization is strengthened by religion and the assertion that the world is becoming increasingly secular is unfounded. Building on the premise of religious influenced, the paper attests that biblical leadership applied will help the decaying leadership in the Nigerian Church and civil government. The problem is that many people have not accepted that leadership is from God. The acceptance of this fact goes a long way in solving our leadership problem. If God instituted leadership, he also provided guidelines for leadership and these are found in the Bible where he speaks ex cathedra. This paper therefore, seeks to provide biblical principles for leadership that address the Nigerian situation.