Leadership Assessment

Dictionary.com defines moral as “Founded on the fundamental principles of right conduct rather than on legalities, enactment, or custom: moral obligations.” Different theories have surfaced throughout the years to attempt to answer questions like, what are morals, what make some people have more conscious thought than others, and how do we acquire them. According to Estep & Kim (2010), the moral values have been separated into four moral definitions, “Psychoanalytical, Conditioning, Moral Potential, and Cognitive/Moral Reasoning.” These different types of moral reasoning helped Billy Graham to achieve, project and maintain the excellent Christian Leadership skills he exhibited throughout his life. Billy Graham saw leadership as a privilege, and became more conscious of his role as a Christian leader to avoid even the appearance of evil. This mindset helped Billy Graham to avoid situations where he could be tempted to engage in activities against his moral standards, and helped him to grow into a leadership role ordained by God.

Billy Graham went through many different stages in his life, and we will discuss a few of them in this paper. How did Billy Graham confront temptations, and how was he able to continue to love his critics. We will look at how he maintained his moral values as his finances began to increase. Billy also found his niche in life when he experienced the Spirit of God in his formative years as a Christian. We will look at how his mentor helped him to establish earthly leaders to imitate, helped him to open up to the Spirit. As Billy formed his team, he allowed the Holy Spirit to direct him in choosing standards to incorporate in the forming of his team. In his quest to be a good leader for the Lord...

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...ust of the people. He also realized that he needed to be a good steward of the finances God had charged him with handling (1 Corinthians 4:2). Billy was determined to exercise moral reasoning, and he made the choice, not out of duress, but out of a love for God. Estep & Kim (2010) said, “The moral reasoning elements of morality have been described as moral judgments, choices, decisions—all of which reflect the mental or thing aspect of morality” (p. 137).

Works Cited

Estep, J. R. & Kim, J. H. (2010). Christian formaton: Integrating theology and human development. Nashville, TN. B&H Publishing Group.

moral. (n.d.). The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. Retrieved October 03, 2011, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moral

Myra, H. & Shelley, M. (2005). The leadership secrets of Billy Graham. Grand Rapids, MI. Zondervan.