Marks of Effective leaders.
Effective leaders play a central role in building institutions that foster both truth and reconciliation. The purpose of theology and Effective leaders in societies can be seen from two broad perspectives. First, a theologian can be viewed as a member of the church who is a leader at the community level. As members of the church, effective leaders should call upon leaders, both societal and political leaders, so that they can serve justice. The interest of theology in these interventions is to prevent spiritual violence. Second, an effective leader can also be seen as an informed learner. As a knowledgeable student, the leader should seek to understand the causes of conflict and device effective ways to resolve the conflict. Effective leaders can do so by calling other leaders to actions that address the disagreement at hand. In this case, conflict refers to any form of dispute across all the hierarchies of society. Thus, it may be a conflict between individuals in a community to ideology disagreement between governments and their subjects.
An effective leader is, however, not limited to these definitions. Nonetheless, the leader must be able to serve justice as God instructs him in Micah 6:8 “…and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness.” At this point, we see that a leader should be kind. The bible teaches that the Lord desires a leader who serves justice and loves kindness. Theologians and theology students should emulate the examples of leaders reflected in this bible verse because they are also leaders in their communities. In this way, it will be possible for the leaders to protect their individuals and communities from resisting colonization and from experiencing reconciliation.