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dc.contributor.authorMatekenya, Dennis John Rabson
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-27T15:12:33Z
dc.date.available2022-04-27T15:12:33Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.identifier.urihttp://irepository.aua.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/292
dc.descriptionFull Text Projecten_US
dc.description.abstractBetween 2001 and 2003, the Central Malawi Field (CMF) of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church experienced some challenges with Mlodza Church concerning women preaching. Disagreements that followed between CMF and Mlodza Church prompted CMF to sever communication with Mlodza Church. A study was conducted in order to establish how the CMF handled the change process through personal interviews, review of archival document contents like minutes and letters of CMF and Mlodza Church and administering close-ended questionnaire to 100 respondents distributed equally between workers at CMF, Mlodza Church members, Lilongwe City pastors, church elders and women leaders. The data was analyzed using excel spreadsheet. The findings show that the CMF mishandled the change processes. It also revealed lack of change leadership skills on the part of CMF officers and that there was lack of effective change guidelines to assist the CMF in dealing with change processes. The LIFE change model was developed as a possible guideline for change leadership. The model has four components which form guidelines for change in the Church: learning, initiating, facilitating and entrenching. The study recommends that pastors and local leaders need to receive orientation in change management, that the training of pastors at Malawi Adventist University should include courses on leadership and change management to ensure that would-be pastors have knowledge of handling change processes in the church.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAUA School of Postgraduate Studiesen_US
dc.publisherAdventist University of Africa, School of Postgraduate Studiesen_US
dc.subjectChange Leadership -- Challengesen_US
dc.subjectMalawi -- Mlodzaen_US
dc.titleChallenges of change leadership in the central Malawi field of Seventh-day Adventist church: The case of Central Malawi Field dealings with Mlodza churchen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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