Download or read book Leadership in Japanese House Churches written by Simon Cozens and published by Wide Margin. This book was released on 2011 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study provides a survey of Japanese house church leaders, coupled with sociological analysis of leadership patterns in Japan focused primarily on the leadership of voluntary organisations and a historical review of house church movements, to determine the form and function of leaders and leadership within these movements. The key findings were that leadership is a function and not a role, is often coterminous with disciple-making, and can be characterized primary in terms of the maintainance of group cohesion.