ABSTRACT
In expressing the pain and seeking the beginnings of an alternative consciousness of ecclesial leadership, the need began to surface for interaction with the second pillar of the prophetic imagination, namely the ‘long and available memory’ which is the tradition upon which Christian imagination can draw. The motif of servant arises as a possible memory already underpinning certain works on ecclesial leadership, Ray S. Anderson’s own proposals included. Yet with much of this work, there is over-dependence on Robert K. Greenleaf’s seminal work on servant-leadership. In light of its strong criticisms of this approach, this chapter asks whether, though appropriation of Greenleaf is unwise, there is value in remembering a more robustly biblical conception of servanthood. However, even this is questioned. For a consciousness which expresses ecclesial leadership in terms of servanthood is not alternative enough.
