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Leadership that builds the local church
Chris Parsons NLC 2012
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“God wants his church back!”
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It’s about…
• Empowerment of the whole body
• Mobilisation for mission
• Discipleship that is demonstrated functionally rather than just intellectually
• Learning to be facilitators of the church
• Not drifting back to old models….
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This is a spiritual task!
It involves everyone!
• The Senior Pastors • Staff Members• Ministry Coordinators • Ministry Team Leaders• House Group Leaders and teams• Trustees• Congregations who serve on teams
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Identifying seven principles
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1. Taking personal responsibility
• Modelling what we want
• Changing our leadership approach as our team and the church grows
• Giving ministry away - releases people and teaches a model
• Developing a team approach to almost everything - discipleship
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Questions
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2. Building good infrastructure
• That is appropriate to the task
• That can continue to develop organically
• That is understood!• That involves everyone• That honours
everyone’s contribution
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A possible House Group structure
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Kinship / House group Structure
Cluster Leaders
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Cluster Leaders
Facilitator
FacilitatorFacilitator
Cluster Pastor
Cluster Pastor
Cluster Leaders
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Cluster Leaders
Facilitator
Facilitator
FacilitatorCluster LeadersFacilitator
FacilitatorFacilitator
Staff link Pastor
Senior Pastor
Area Leader
Example 1
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A possible ministry team structure
Team Structure How do teams work?
Month divided up into 4 weeks Team Helpers Team Leader(s) for each week Overall Team Coordinator(s) Staff Link Pastor
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Team Coordinator
Team Leader Week 1
Team Leader Week 2
Team Leader Week 3
Team Leader Week 4
Staff Link Pastor
Team Helper
Team Helper
Team Helper
Team Helper
Team Helper
Team Helper
Team Helper
Team Helper
Team Helper
Example 2
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Questions
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3. Building teams
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• N
• R
is for identify
is for recruit
is for train
is for deploy
is for monitoris for nurture
is for releaseRemember to go through the WHOLE process!
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TeamTriangle
TasksVision
Relationships
TiredBurn out
DisillusionedNot moving forward
StrainedLacking direction
Too much of Xcauses symptom Yso move clockwise
4. Staying motivated
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Questions
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5. The importance of vision
• A big vision helps people see where they fit. Where do we communicate this?
• A people focus reminds us what business we’re in.
• Serving on a team has a powerful discipling function not just getting the job done!
• Being counter intuitive - multiplying not reducing serving opportunities!
• Teaching what we want to see - looking at the ‘dials’.
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Some of our dials
Serving GivingAttending
House Groups Church Events
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Questions
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6. Being clear about boundaries
• Between different leadership roles (e.g. trustee and pastoral)• Between Ministry leaders and Team leaders
(e.g. not being too prescriptive)• Between leaders and friends
(e.g. being clear about expectations)
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7. Working through leaders
• How many leaders have you got in your church? Building a healthy ratio…
• Most churches stay small because of this issue
• Leadership development is critical in developing a small church from 60-120
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Questions