“A healthy church is a team ministry”
How can we structure our churches for growth in a biblical, healthy manner?
How can we build, envision and empower healthy church leadership teams and ministry teams?
Richard Coekin and Ray Evans share biblical and practical principles for organising a church as a Team Ministry and then investing in those teams (leadership and ministry) – to enable gospel growth and equip congregations effectively to reach others for Christ.
Biblical principles for team ministry
Is it wrong to long for growth in our churches?
What are biblical principles that guide church organisation?
How can we organise to increase our gospel growth?
“There’s no encouragement to long for a big church in the Bible, but there is plenty of encouragement to long for more people to be saved and more people to grow in Christ-likeness, which means means our churches will grow.”
In the Q&A, Richard covers:
- How do we build churches without “Empire-building?“
- Balancing growth and planting in churches
- Encouraging the gifts of church members in a small church
Building ministry teams
How do we start developing church leadership teams?
How can we lead with “sober self-assessment”?
What are the first steps to casting vision and leading our churches into a Team Ministry structure?
“God gives the church many gifts. Some are more spiritual, some are more practical, all with the same aim of building one another up in maturity to Christ.”
See also Ray Evans on the need for this kind of team ministry and practical steps to make it happen:
Transitioning to become a team ministry church
How can we harness peoples’ gifts effectively for the life of the church?
How do we transition from a congregational to a team model?
How best can we manage change – bringing staff teams and church members with us?
“Church leaders need to learn to delight in discovering and investing in the gifts and ministries of other people, both on staff teams and also church members.”
In the Q&A, Richard covers:
- How do we know if we are in the Team Ministry model?
- Is “worship ministry” just for Sundays?
- Where do pastoral care and children’s & youth ministries fit in this structure?
- Can small churches benefit from the Team Ministry model?
