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1.
A key part of leadership is creating a holding environment defined as…
a
A network of relationships within which people can tackle touch issues without flying apart.
b
A space with enough cohesion to offset the centrifugal force that arises when people do adaptive work.
c
A place that enables the leader to direct creative energy toward working on conflicts and containing passions.
d
All of the above.
2.
In leading change, church leaders should…
a
Focus on the positives of the current situation in order to boost people’s morale for the hard work of change.
b
Allow people to feel the urgency of the current situation so they have sufficient energy for the hard work of change.
3.
The starting place for leading change is to restructure, thus helping a congregation to live into a new direction.
True
False
4.
Spiritual discernment uses these aspects in an effort to sort out what God is saying:
a
Gathering data of the head and the heart.
b
The more important the issue, the more time we give for hearing God’s voice.
c
Allowing our intellect and emotions to be guided by Scripture.
d
Encouraging openness called “holy indifference.”
e
All of the above.
5.
The disestablishment of the church in the United States refers to:
a
Declining membership of mainline Protestant denominations since the 1960s.
b
The changes in society in which the church is no longer a vital center of public life.
c
The rise of denominationalism resulting in a loss of church unity.
6.
The postmodern age can be characterized by all the following except:
a
There is no grand narrative, one integrated story to explain life.
b
Fragmentation due to post-industrial breakdown of family, community and society.
c
Human civilization can progress to a mutually agreed upon desirable future.
d
A challenge to the modern notion that truth can be objectively known and studied.
7.
Continuous change is different from discontinuous change in that:
a
Continuous change develops out of what has done before and can be predicted, where as discontinuous change is disruptive and unanticipated and so can not be predicted.
b
Continuous change refers to the ongoing, rapid pace of change in modern society, where as discontinuous change refers to the tipping point between one distinct era and another (such as modern to postmodern era).
8.
Church leaders should hold in tension the two sides of the following continuum: planning for the future and freely responding to the present.
True
False
9.
Reframing is a helpful leadership skill and is defined as…
a
The ability to understand and apply multiple perspectives to the situation.
b
The ability to think about the same thing in more than one way.
c
The ability to see life through the eyes of one’s followers.
d
A and B
e
All of the above
10.
In managing people, the most motivating factors regarding one’s job are:
a
Church policies and procedures.
b
Quality of relationship with one’s supervisor.
c
Recognition, achievement and learning.
d
Pay level.
e
Working conditions (lighting, office space, etc.)
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