ADEYEYE, AGNES OMOTAYO Ph.D2026-05-062026-05-062017-070794-3989https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/18095This work takes a critical work at leadership succession among Nigerian Pentecostal churches or the New Generation church. The biblical teaching of Jesus Christ on leadership in Matt 20 vs 20-28... is most of the time not followed in choosing a successor. This article will therefore, postulate that, this is one of the main problem facing Nigerian churches which make some of the churches to lose focus of the assignment God has called them to do. The methods adopted in this paper are historical, theological and analytical. The main objective of this work is to look at the servant-master leadership as described by Jesus Christ and the leadership style of the contemporary church leaders. This work focuses on the servant leadership style of Jesus Christ and the contemporary church leaders in Nigeria. There are some distinctive traits of Jesus Christ that every team leader can learn from. What are the challenges faced by the church leaders? What is servant Leadership? The paper concludes by saying Jesus' teaching on leadership focuses on two examples from experiences common to His disciples; one is "lords it over them" and the second is "exercise authority." The findings of this work are that both models are still prevalent as natural styles of leadership in the contemporary Nigerian church; and as Jesus condemned them, they should be discourage in all ramifications and replaced with servant leadership.enServant leadersLeadershipAuthorityShepherdArticle