Building Strong
Ministry Teams
that enable churches to
thrive
An ACTS Workshop by Don and Daryl Page
May 31, 2014
SERVANT LEADERSHIP DEFINED
Intentional stewardship of
one’s influence to enable and
empower other people to
identify and achieve the
goals of the community.
The servant leader asks not
what is in it for me, but what
is in it for the well being of
the people being served.
THE RPR FORMULA -- LEADERS PRODUCE RESULTS
THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS THAT DRIVE PROCESSES.
 < RESULTS =
DISCIPLES, CONVERTS,
GROWTH, ETC.
 < PROCESSES = ETHICS
& MORALS
 < RELATIONSHIPS =
PEOPLE SERVED
What is a Team?
“A TEAM is a highly effective
cohesive group of individuals
who work together with
commitment to reach a
common goal.” . . . Lesley Bendaly
T-E-A-M-S means
•T – TOGETHER
• – How – through collective
input and action, not
individualistic.
•E – EVERYONE
• Who – everyone is included in
order to strengthen the whole.
•A – ACHIEVES
• Why – there is a specific goal to
be achieved by the team.
•M – MORE
• What – More than they could as
the sum of a group of
individuals.
•S – SUCCESS
• When – Success comes by
reaching the goal within the
specified time limit.
T-E-A-M-S means
• T -- together
• E -- everyone
• A -- achieves
• M -- more
• S -- success
Teamwork is a principle-based value that
drives human connectedness among team
members. The team’s interests come before
that of any individual. It requires a “weopic” vision that supersedes the traditional
“me-opic” mindset of individuals.
Why HaveTeamwork in
Churches?
1. Teamwork
is the Biblical basis for
all ministry. The Bible recognizes
communities of believers working
TOGETHER.
Eccl 4:7-12;
1 Cor. 12:14;
Eph. 4: 11-13
The Biblical Basis for
Team Ministry
The Biblical Basis
for Team Ministry
The Biblical Basis
for Team Ministry
Why HaveTeamwork in
Churches?
2. Jesus came to serve, not to be served.
For SERVANT LEADERS to serve the well
being of others, they need to stay
connected to those people and good
teamwork best provides that collective
means.
““In just three and a half years Jesus
established a movement that has lasted
twenty centuries and inspired billions of
people. . . . He didn't succeed because he
recruited a team of superstars, but because
he passed on to his team the character traits
and skills they in turn would need to pass on
to others.”
. . . Bill Perkins, Awaken the Leader Within You
Why Have Teamwork in
Churches?
3. Teams involve more people, thus affording
more resources, ideas, perspectives and
energy than would a group of individuals.
Individual insight is seldom as broad and
deep as a team’s when a team takes on a
problem. Teams produce more than the
sum of the individuals involved through
synergy. No one individual can know
everything about leading a church of diverse
individuals in the information age.
Why Have Teamwork in
Churches?
4. Teams maximize a leader’s
potential and minimize her
weaknesses. Strengths and
weaknesses are more exposed in
individuals.
Serving team leaders look for
complementarity when hiring.
Why Have Teamwork in
Churches?
5. Teams share the credit for
victories and the blame for losses.
This fosters genuine humility and
authentic community. Individuals
take credit and blame alone. This
fosters pride and sometimes a
sense of failure.
Why Have Teamwork in
Churches?
6. Teams keep leaders
accountable for the goal.
Individuals connected to no one
can change the goal without
accountability.
Why Have Teamwork in
Churches?
7. Good teamwork reduces the
stress on individual leaders
trying to do everything and
supervise everyone themselves.
Why Have Teamwork in
Churches?
8. To experience the joy of
working collaboratively rather
than competitively in reaching
desired goals that brings meaning
to what is being accomplished.
Why Have Teamwork in
Churches?
9. To develop a sense of oneness
in that we share the burdens and
the victories through united
vision, purpose, and direction.
Why Have Teamwork in
Churches?
10. To enable people to learn new
things more quickly through
close contacts with each other.
Chuck Swindoll on Teamwork
"Nobody is a whole chain. Each one is a link.
But take away one link and the chain is
broken. Nobody is a whole team. Each one is
a player. But take away one player and the
game is forfeited. Nobody is a whole
orchestra. Each one is a musician. But take
away one musician and the symphony is
incomplete. You guessed it. We need each
other. You need someone and someone needs
you. . .
Chuck Swindoll on Teamwork
. . . Isolated islands, we're not. To make this
thing called life work, we've got to lean and
support; relate and respond; give and take;
confess and forgive; reach out and embrace;
release and rely. Since none of us is a whole
independent, self-sufficient, superbly capable,
all-powerful hotshot, let's quit acting like
we are. Life's lonely enough without our
playing that silly role. The game's over. Let's
link up."
Committees are not TEAMS!
Teamwork takes practice