STRATEGIC THINKING AND

SPIRITUALITY
(A different leaders job description)
Arturo Meneses Villanueva.

A discernment based proposal

reflecting on the signs of the times

What is a Job description for a leader in our Organization?

Is that the only one thing wee need to say yes to?
The foundational theology for this reflection is pretty
simple and I have used with my teams, my family and
my students for a long time..

Bible references about

context analysis:
Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but
as wise, making the most of the time, because the days
are evil. So do not be foolish, but understand what the
will of the Lord is (Ephesians 5:15-17 NRSV)
But test everything; hold fast what is good; abstain from
every form of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:21-22)
He answered them: When it is evening, you say, It will be
fair weather, for the sky is red. And in the morning, It
will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.
You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but
you cannot interpret the signs of the times (Mathew 16:
2-3)

The world changes 4 Waves in History

(Source: THE FOURTH WAVE. Business in the 21st Century. Herman
Bryant Maynard and Susan E. Mehrtens)

ONE: THE AGRICULTURAL

WAVE (Neolithic period, after
hunting and fishing)

Paradigm: We are hungry and

need to get something to eat
daily
THREE: THE TECHNOLOGY
REVOLUTION WAVE (Started in
mid 50s)

Paradigm: We are connected and

must cooperate

TWO: THE INDUSTRIAL

REVOLUTION WAVE (from
1740-1840 and from 1880-1914)

Paradigm: We are separate

and must compete
FOUR: THE GLOBAL
STEWARDSHIP REVOLUTION
WAVE (started in the 90s )

Paradigm: We are one and

choose to co-create

Question to plenary: Which of these paradigms is closer to our

Christian Faith?

Hallmarks of a changing world. Seven trends that

underlie the emergence of a new world view.
(According to Maynard and Mehrtens The Fourth Wave)

SHIFT IN
CONSCIOUSNESS

DECLINE OF
MATERIALISM

INNER SOURCES OF
AUTHORITY AND
POWER

POLITICAL AND
ECONOMIC
DEMOCRATIZATION

DISENCHANTMENT
WITH SCIENTISM

BEYOND
NATIONALITY

RESPIRITUALIZATION
OF SOCIETY

A proposal
Building a biblical job description for the holistic mission of a
Christian Leader, facing the previously described context) We will do
it with our three teams, responding the question and adding an
example for application in our CLAC context
WHAT IS THE CAUSE
WE WORK FOR AND ITS
CHARACTERISTICS?
(Mathew 6:33; 1
Corinhians 4:20; Hebrews
12:28; Romans 14:17
Team 1

WHAT IS A SHARED
REQUIRED CONTEXT
VISION OF THE
FOR CHANGE
FUTURE? (2 Pedro 3:13; PROCESS (Romans 12:2;
Efesios 4:13)

2 Corinthians 5:17;
Proverbs 4:18; Hebrews
6:1)

Team 3
Team 2

ROLE AND MAIN

RESPONSIBILITY (1
Corinthians 3:9;
Galatians 1:10 Micah 6:8;
1 Peter 2:15)

SPECIAL CONDITIONS
FOR THE CONTRACT
(Romans 11:29; Luke
9:62)

MOTIVATION AND CRISIS

MANAGEMENT
(Habakkuk 3:17-19;
Isaiah 40:29-31; )

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Un resumen de Compromisos de nuestra descripcin de puesto

Trabajamos para la causa del Reino de Dios, la cual no es palabras, sino

poder; es inconmovible; es justicia, paz y gozo en el Espritu Santo.
Nuestro rol, es ser colaboradores de Dios y siervos de Jesucristo; hacer
justicia, amar misericordia y humillarnos delante de El y buscar la voluntad
de Dios, haciendo el bien, callando la boca de los insensatos.
Nuestra visin compartida del futuro: Cielos nuevos y tierra nueva, donde
mora la justicia; lderes cristianos que llegan a la unidad de la fe, el
conocimiento del hijo de Dios, a la medida de la estatura de la plenitud de
Jesucristo.
Algunas condiciones especiales de este contrato: El llamamiento y los dones
de Dios son irrevocables. Seguimos adelante, sin mirar atrs, pues entonces,
no seramos dignos del Reino de Dios.
El contexto requerido para el cambio: No nos conformamos, nos
transformamos, por la renovacin de nuestro entendimiento. Dejamos atrs
las cosas viejas y los rudimentos de doctrina y nos renovamos cada da,
porque estamos en Cristo. Crecemos continuamente, como la luz de un nuevo
da, hasta alcanzar toda nuestra plenitud.
Nuestra motivacin y manejo de crisis, es sobrenatural. Aunque en
apariencia, no veamos los frutos, nos alegraremos en El Seor y nos
gozaremos en el Dios de nuestra salvacin, que es nuestra fortaleza.
Esperaremos en el Seor y tendremos nuevas fuerzas para correr sin
cansarnos y caminar, sin desfallecer, en el cumplimiento del ministerio que
El nos ha encomendado.