TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rieger, Hans-Joachim 
TI  - The Impact of Confrontational Leadership on the Longevity of Revival: A Comparative-Historical Analysis of the Influence of William Nagenda and Simeoni Nsibambi on the East African Revival of 1935 to 1955 from a Biblical Perspective
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Johannesburg
PB  - South African Theological Seminary
KW  - Leadership
KW  - East Africa Revival
KW  - Church history
KW  - Church growth
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Africa
KW  - Christianity and culture
N2  - One of the outstanding characteristics of the East African Revival is its longevity. In contrast to almost every other revival in church history, it continued for several decades. A second unusual feature of this revival is the confrontational leadership of the two major African leaders of the movement, Simeoni Nsibambi and William Nagenda. This thesis investigates the possible causality between their leadership style and the continuation of the revival. The thesis begins by assessing the interoperability of human and divine agency in revival. The viewpoints of the most influential Calvinist and Arminian theologians on revival, Jonathan Edwards and Charles Finney, are contrasted, evaluated, and biblically integrated, proving the logical and theological possibility of confrontational leadership impacting the longevity of revival. The thesis proceeds by detailing the confrontational leadership of Nsibambi and Nagenda. To achieve the greatest possible objectivity, extensive use is made of primary sources held at archives in England and Uganda. An overview analysis of admonition, confrontational leadership, and revival in the Old and New Testaments explicates the biblical mandate for admonition in the church and the necessity of confrontational leadership for healthy church life. The leadership style of Jesus and Paul is shown to be confrontational, and the positive impact on the twelve disciples and other believers is highlighted. The concept and instances of revival in the Bible are investigated, suggesting the likelihood of a causal relationship between confrontational leadership and revival since nearly all occurrences of revival in the Bible contain a confrontational component in their genesis. Furthermore, the demise of revival often coincides with the absence of confrontational leadership. A biblical evaluation of Nsibambi’s and Nagenda’s confrontational leadership shows them to conform in various ways to the pattern set forth in the Bible. Thus, it is likely that the biblically-based confrontational leadership of Nsibambi and Nagenda contributed to the continuation of the East African Revival
ER  -