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# Jesus was a failed leader
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2008320jesus-was-a-failed-leader-html/
- Published: 2008-03-20T01:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:31:56.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

A [provocative post](http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/03/18/acknowledging-jesus-as-a-failed-leader/?ref=dashhouse.com) by Ruth Tucker that challenges our emphasis on leadership:

> Leadership is a hot topic today. Colleges and universities and seminaries and churches and Christian organizations of all varieties are developing leadership programs…

> It was not until I was teaching through the course a second time that I realized what a crock this whole topic is. It’s phony from beginning to end—especially as it relates to biblical models.

> That Jesus was a failed leader both by example and by teaching is something we already know—at least unconsciously….Plain and simple, Jesus was a failed leader—though it’s critical to point out that Jesus did not aspire to leadership.

Read the [entire post](http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2008/03/18/acknowledging-jesus-as-a-failed-leader/?ref=dashhouse.com) for the full context.

I just may have to read Tucker's upcoming book [*Leadership Reconsidered*](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/080106824X/dashhouse-20?ref=dashhouse.com).

[via](http://jollyblogger.typepad.com/jollyblogger/2008/03/jesus-didnt-asp.html?ref=dashhouse.com)