Gabriel, Eliya Namunyuka2022-06-302022-06-302022-07-15http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/4171088Master en Etudes Théologiques à l’Université Espoir d’Afrique (Hope Africa University), Bujumbura, Burundi, 2022The development of church leadership depends on the empowerment of local churches self-governing. Provide such responsibility to local churches is biblical and it has its foundation through the Holy Scripture. Improve a strong Christian leadership today require to apply strategies of development based on Christ leadership. This may help us to understand deeply the task of leaders and self-governing local churches in church leadership development. To give the local churches the power of self-management contribute to the development of economy, moral, politics, social, spiritual, and cultural aspect of leaders. The church may reach that level through training and developing leadership skills for all believers and depending on the leadership of the Holy Spirit.1 online resource (23 pages)freAll rights reserved, © Gabriel Eliya Namunyukachurch leadership developmentlocal churchchurch governanceAfricaChristian denominationsAfrican Independent, InstitutedTraining of church leadersLay FormationPractical theologyThesis