What Is Servanthood?

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The heart of Jesus is that of a servant; and the foundation of the Bible is the Servant of everyone which is Jesus. Jesus is the veracious exemplification of a leader because He is a Servant first. Jesus said, "...whoever wants to be great must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be the willing slave of all--like the Son of Man; He did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give up his life as a ransom for many.” If one were to define the word servant, the simplest interpretation would be a slave. As such, servanthood can be distinguished as voluntary servitude. To put it another way, servanthood is the condition or state of volunteering to serve others at any cost, rather than being preoccupied with self. Jesus’ purpose …show more content…

Aforementioned, that is one of servanthood. And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. In 2007, over 320,000 churches existed. Meaning, in the United States there are a conglomerate of churches in every community, conceivably, one on every corner. If Christians were serving the communities through servanthood and outreach, the result of it would be evident in our churches and in society all together. One could venture to infer that it would be a much different world if the presence of Christians were in every neighborhood encountering the needs of the community. It is apparent, Christians aren’t serving their area of people hardly enough. This generation is currently known as the unchurched generation and it is my belief that the issue is greater than education. Millennials are leaving the fold, and more than one-third of millennials now say they are unaffiliated with any faith. The United States now ranks third following China and India in the number of people who are not professing Christians; in other words, the U.S. is becoming an ever increasing "un-reached people group." Almost every major branch of Christianity in the United States has lost a considerable number of members, and half of all churches in the US Haven 't added new parishioners to their roll in the last two

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