Providence and Crisis Management: Biblical Guidance for Leading through Organizational Turbulence

Organizations worldwide face crises that challenge their operational stability, ethical governance, and stakeholder trust. While traditional crisis management focuses on strategic risk mitigation, faith-driven leadership introduces Providence as a guiding principle for moral resilience, ethical decision-making, and stakeholder engagement. This study examines the integration of Providential leadership into crisis management frameworks, emphasizing how faith-based crisis response enhances transparency, trust restoration, and corporate sustainability. Using a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) methodology, this research synthesizes peer-reviewed studies on faith-driven crisis governance, resilience frameworks, and ethical leadership. The findings highlight that Providential resilience enhances crisis adaptability, moral accountability, and long-term leadership effectiveness. This study contributes to theory by expanding faith-based crisis governance models, informs policy by advocating for ethical crisis leadership, and guides practice by proposing actionable strategies for integrating spiritual resilience into organizational crisis management.