A Fruitful Leadership of Raymond and Mariella Provost

Abstract

A leader is someone who possesses the necessary qualities to both attract loyal followers and to give
them direction in life. Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan are often cited as examples of leaders
who not only were great politicians and military strategists but were also responsible for destruction
which cost many people their lives. While their leadership deserves recognition in political and
military spheres, a closer look at their spiritual leadership shows it to be problematic. A true leader in
the spiritual sense is one who protects the lives of his or her followers with peace and reconciliation,
not destruction. This paper intends to showcase a true leader, by studying Raymond and Mariella
Provost, a 20th-century missionary couple to South Korea.