Joseph as a leader

Christian Religious Studies SS2 First Term

Week 4

Topic: Joseph as a leader

Performance objectives:

Pupils should be able to:

1. Narrate the story of Joseph
2. Identify Joseph’s major talents and how he used them for God’s work
3. Explain what enabled Joseph to be successful as a good leader
4. Compare Joseph’s leadership style with what is common today

Content

A. Joseph’s early life and arrival in Egypt (Gen.37:1-28)

Joseph’s father was Jacob and his mother was Rachael. He was seventeen years old when he was keeping his father’s flock with his brothers- the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father’s wives. Jacob loved him more than any of his children because he was the son of his old age; for…