Ministry Teams at First Ministry Teams at First BaptistBaptist

How They Work

Kinds of TeamsKinds of Teams• Ministry Teams:Ministry Teams: Carry out a

concerted ministry of the church.• Service Teams:Service Teams: Their work is

periodic, easily rotated, or requires little planning time.

• Teaching Teams:Teaching Teams: The people who lead Sunday Morning Bible Study classes – Teacher, Outreach Leader, Fellowship Leader, Prayer Leader, & Care Group Leaders

• Members can be members of Members can be members of one Ministry Team and one one Ministry Team and one Service Team.Service Team. Teaching Teams do not count against either.

Team Task DirectivesTeam Task Directives

• Scope of MinistryScope of Ministry• Up to Four Basic ObjectivesUp to Four Basic Objectives• General ResponsibilitiesGeneral Responsibilities• Indicators of SuccessIndicators of Success

How Teams are FormedHow Teams are Formed

• Team Leaders selected by Pastor & Deacon Leader by March 31.

• Team Leaders select team members in consultation with pastor.

• Team Leaders enlist members by May 31.

• 3 to 5 Members – exact number determined by the Team Leader.

• Terms are One Year – Renewable, but not automatic.

Learning, Planning, ReportingLearning, Planning, Reporting

• Each team forms its own action plans – within the scope of their ministries.

• Teams will regularly meet to evaluate the effectiveness of their work and to measure progress.

• Teams shall report their progress to the church.

• Each team is expected to seek training and to continually hone their skills.

Teams & OthersTeams & Others

• Teams may involve others from the church body in their ministry.

• Teams co-labor with the ministerial staff.– Staff members may be assigned as

team leaders or assigned to teams as resources persons, liaisons, & equippers.

• When a team’s responsibility over-laps with another team, they are to communicate and cooperate.

Teams are Needed…Teams are Needed…

At the three-way corner of: At the three-way corner of: • Need Need Acts 11:19-

20 • OpportunityOpportunity Acts 11:20• The Moving of GodThe Moving of God Acts 11:21

When God is moving and you get When God is moving and you get there, things can reach critical there, things can reach critical mass!mass! Acts 11:23-24

Teams Are…Teams Are…

• CollaborativeCollaborative– They co-labor– Every team member is involved in the

planning and in doing the work.

• CreativeCreative– Teams don’t just blindly follow

someone else’s plan out of the box (even the denominational box); they find the best way to get the job done.

Teams Are…Teams Are…

• Causative Causative – Teams cause things to happen and

get things done.– They take the initiative.

• CooperativeCooperative– Teams communicate with and

compliment other teams and ministries.

Teams Are…Teams Are…

• ContemplativeContemplative – Teams honestly consider where we

really are.– Teams pray and seek God’s

leadership about where we need to go.

– Teams are the leading learners in their area, the church experts in their ministry.

Team VisionTeam Vision

• True vision comes down from God; it is not worked up or arrived at by consensus.

• Vision is the unique role of your team – its special niche in Christian service.

• Vision is not just what we do, but how we do it.

• Vision is what the team members rally around.

• The team’s vision must be in complete harmony with the church vision.

Biblical InsightBiblical Insight

“The ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus” – Paul, Acts 20:24

Bear Bryant on Working Bear Bryant on Working CollaborativelyCollaboratively

• Another rule I believe in: I don’t have any ideas, my coaches have them. I just pass the ideas on and referee the arguments.

• I don’t want ideas just thrown out, I want them thought out.

Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama’s Coach Bryant, Paul W. Bryant & Paul Underwood, Bantom Books, 1974. Pages 341-343

Shug Jordan on RecruitingShug Jordan on Recruiting

• Questioner:Questioner: Coach, would you rather have the player who gets knocked down and then gets up to make the play? Or would you rather have the player who gets knocked down twice and gets up again to make the play?

• Shug:Shug: I want the guy who keeps knocking all those players down.

Bear Bryant’s RulesBear Bryant’s Rulesfor Successfor Success

• One, surround yourself with people who can’t live without football [have great passion for the ministry].

• Two, be able to recognize winners. They come in all forms.

• Three, have a plan for everything..

Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama’s Coach Bryant, Paul W. Bryant & Paul Underwood, Bantom Books, 1974. Page 339

Creating SynergyCreating Synergy

• Blend idea people with doersBlend idea people with doers –All dreamers and no doers makes for great meetings and no results.

• Don’t pick people just like yourselfDon’t pick people just like yourself – it will be more comfortable, but will not provide the full array of the skills needed.

• Staff to your weaknessesStaff to your weaknesses

Blend Complementary SkillsBlend Complementary Skills

• CreatorsCreators – Dream things up• OrganizersOrganizers – Plan things out• PluggersPluggers – See things through• PromotersPromoters – Talk things up• ManagersManagers – Keep things flowing• AnalyzersAnalyzers – Figure things out• InspectorsInspectors – Check things out• PeacemakersPeacemakers – Work things out

Blend Complementary SkillsBlend Complementary Skills

• MobilizersMobilizers – Bring folks in• RelatersRelaters – Love on folks• ServersServers – Help folks out• MotivatorsMotivators – Spur folks on• DiscernersDiscerners – See through things• SpecializersSpecializers – Can do things• Team LeadersTeam Leaders – Make things

happen

Bear Bryant on Staff SelectionBear Bryant on Staff Selection

• Don’t make them in your image. Don’t even try… You don’t strive for sameness. You strive for balance… You want different personalities around.

Bear: The Hard Life and Good Times of Alabama’s Coach Bryant, Paul W. Bryant & Paul Underwood, Bantom Books, 1974. Page 102

Biblical InsightBiblical Insight “One of those days Jesus

went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles” – Luke 6:12-13 (NIV)

Discerning PotentialDiscerning Potential• A Willingness to FollowA Willingness to Follow –

This reveals their attitude.• A Willingness to SacrificeA Willingness to Sacrifice –

This reveals their perspective on life.

• A Willingness to LearnA Willingness to Learn – This reveals the condition of their ego.

• A Willingness to ServeA Willingness to Serve – This reveals their heart.

• A Willingness to be HonestA Willingness to be Honest – This reveals their maturity. Dan Reiland, The Pastor’s Coach,

October 2002, www.injoy.com/thepastorscoach

““Once I started getting the Once I started getting the right people involved, right people involved,

everything started everything started to click.”to click.”

- A pastor whose church uses ministry teams

Enlisting Your TeamEnlisting Your Team

• Tell each person why he or she was chosen for the team.

• Talk about needs, not programs.• Give the person a copy of the Team

Task Directive. Go over it and explain it.

• Give the person time to pray it over and the right to say no.

• Set a date certain when you will re-contact the person for an answer.

Teams are Learning or DyingTeams are Learning or Dying

• A team should be the “church experts” in their area of ministry.

• People with a passion for their ministry are always anxious to get new ideas about how to do it better.

• We live in a society of such rapid change that regular training is essential.

• Our most anointed service is on the cutting edges of our own growth.

Teams Know Their BoundariesTeams Know Their Boundaries

• Each team has a Team Task Directive.

• Be aware of the other teams’ scope of ministry.

• Plan and do your team’s job and not another team’s.

• When roles overlap, communicate with the other team and co-labor.

Teams CommunicateTeams Communicate

• Teams communicate with each othereach other. • Teams communicate with the the churchchurch.

– They make reports at church conference.– They put news in the mail-outs.– They put up bulletin up boards.

• Teams communicate with the the ministerial ministerial staffstaff..– To seek input.– To learn about new resources.– To keep the staff members informed.

Evaluating Your Team ServiceEvaluating Your Team Service

• Am I in Fellowship?Am I in Fellowship? – with Jesus• Am I being Faithful?Am I being Faithful? – in my place of

service• Am I being Fruitful?Am I being Fruitful? – Am I seeing

“grace results”?• Am I being Fulfilled?Am I being Fulfilled? – or is it time for

a change in my place of service?

• Members should answer these questions toward the end of each year of service and then indicate whether they wish to continue with the team.

Four Keys to TeamsFour Keys to Teams

• Teams need leaders who will lead… starting the ball rolling and keeping things going.

• Working collaboratively is different… Different than hierarchical structure or the lone wolf

structure. Collaboration means every member helps make the plans.

Collaboration involves every member having a clearly defined piece of the work.

• Teams MUSTMUST have REGULARREGULAR meetings!

• Success depends on enlisting the right team members. Since teams have freedom, they need people who take initiative… the system won’t carry them.