Committees traditionally fall short of being true mission-focused communities in a number of areas:
1. Commitment. For the average committee member, commitment means "I come to meetings and respond to anything I'm supposed to vote on. If something doesn't happen, it isn't my fault."
In addition, the traditional time commitment is usually inadequate. Most committees assume a handful of people meeting ...
1. How does a mission-focused community create a sense of teamwork?
2. In 1 John 4, the writer urges us to love one another. How does a team with a mission do that and still be productive? What does it mean to "invite the whole person?"
3. Should our team meet more frequently to become more productive? What tasks need more time to address?
ARTICLE Care for the Caregivers Church leaders can be viewed either as workers to fill slots or as fellow ministers who need special care. Bruce Larson
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Ministry is too tough to go it alone. Lay leaders and staff need pastoral care as much, if not more, than men and women in the pews.
A Model for Models
Modeling is the most effective teaching method. If you want a tithing church, you have to tithe. If you want a praying church, you must pray. If you want a small-group church, you need to be in a small group.
Declaring and affirming strengths injects richer fuel into your team's engine, releasing greater effectiveness and the hope of personal fulfillment. But submitting to those declared strengths brings that hope to reality. Submission, in this sense, means intentionally letting another person guide and direct you.
This means we must know each other's strengths well enough to apply them to ...
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