Many churches today talk about trying to increase diversity in leadership; in some cases this includes seeking to develop more Deaf and disabled leaders. This article is a practical look, from the perspective of a Deaf scholar and practitioner in the field, at what the obstacles might be and how these obstacles might be addressed. It uses models based on Simon Western’s “eco-leadership,” and James Lawrence’s organic model of “growing leaders” to argue that to truly develop more Deaf and disabled leaders, the church needs to reevaluate its own understand of what leadership is, how it is exercised, and how leaders are developed, and concludes that if the church is able to undertake this reevaluation, the mission and ministry of the church will be enabled to flourish in a new and more positive way.

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我们如何培养更多聋哑基督徒领袖？

今天许多教会都在谈论要增加领导层的多样性；在某些情况下，这包括寻求培养更多聋人和残疾领导人。本文从该领域的聋人学者和从业者的角度出发，对可能存在的障碍以及如何解决这些障碍进行了实用分析。它使用基于西蒙·韦斯特 (Simon Western) 的“生态领导力”模型和詹姆斯·劳伦斯 (James Lawrence) 的“成长型领导者”有机模型来论证，要真正培养更多聋人和残疾领导者，教会需要重新评估自己对领导力是什么、如何领导的理解。以及如何培养领袖，并得出结论，如果教会能够进行这种重新评估，教会的使命和事工将能够以一种新的、更积极的方式蓬勃发展。