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- ItemA case for 'anticipatory leadership' : Christian eschatology and anticipation as a leadership competency for ministers in 'an age of perplexity'(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04-04) Vrey, Daniel Divan; Nell, Ian; Stellenbosch University. Faculty Theology. Dept. of Practical Theology and Missiology.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Communities around the world are experiencing accelerating social change at a bewildering pace. Rapid globalisation is spurring vast advancements that require constant adaption. While society values the welfare that global innovations and developments contribute, there are unintended consequences as spin-offs. The modern landscape is filled with environments that are full of complexities interjecting immense uncertainty into the social fabric of society. In a sophisticated and challenging modern world, religious leaders lead faith communities. The associated uncertainties of modern living have the potential to paralyse ministry leaders and cloud their outlook of the future. How do religious leaders faithfully lead in a fast-changing and disruptive world? How is the modern context impairing leaders’ thinking about the future? Is the future a constant source of concern that leaders find perplexing or is it filled with hope? These are the issues the study explores. The Christian tradition contains the domain of eschatology which has rich reflections on the subject of time, temporality and the future. This can assist religious leaders to lead faithfully in the face of vast uncertainties. Christian eschatology and its traits of anticipation, expectation and hope can be articulated into a leadership competency that has immense value. The study will focus on formulating a religious leadership competency that can adequately respond to the modern environment. By examining the global context and analysing its consequences on leadership, a competency would be introduced to what this study calls “anticipatory leadership”. This can assist religious leaders to lead faithfully in a context of overwhelming change.