2. According to Peter Drucker: “People determine the
performance capacity of an organization. No
organization can do better than the people it has.”
The personnel principle is that it takes good people
to lead and build good churches. You can produce
the finest study of your community and develop an
excellent disciple-making process, but it will not
mean much if you do not have the right people to
deliver it.
The dream team is made up of three groups whose
ministry is critical to the impact of the church on a
lost, dying community. They are a wise, godly
governing board; a highly gifted, spiritually
motivated staff; and a well mobilized congregation.
Working in harmony, the three have the potential to
turn many in their unbelieving , unchurched
community into a band of mature disciples who will
serve and glorify the Savior.
3. The Governing Board- A church needs a wise, godly governing
board that functions in tandem with the pastor, staff and
congregation.
1. Why Have a Governing Board? The board has four primary
responsibilities
a. to pray for the church- the congregation the pastor, the staff ,
and itself
b. to monitor or oversee the ministry in at least four areas-
church’s overall spiritual condition, the church’s biblical and
doctrinal integrity, the church’s biblical ministry direction,
monitor the pastor's overall leadership of the church
c. regularly making decisions that affect the life of the church
d. advising the pastor as he leads the ministry
Note: the board also has occasional responsibilities and
nonfunctions ( see p214)
2. Who Will Be on the Board? – the board should be made up of the
board members and the pastor. There should be a chair and
certain committees
4. The Governing Board, con’t
3. How Might the Board Lead?
4. How Will the Board Handle Power?
The Staff- the author defines a staff dream
team as two or more highly gifted, spiritually
motivated leaders who are deeply committed
to serving together to accomplish a clear
mission and a compelling vision
-Two or more people
-Leaders- i.e. they can influence people
-Deeply committed to serve well together
-Deeply committed to lead people
5. The Staff, con’t
1. How to Recruit Your Staff Dream team
a. When Do You Recruit?
b. Whom Do You Recruit?
c. What Are the Dream Team Criteria?-Character,
Competence, Chemistry
d. Where Do You Begin?
e. Where Will You Recruit?
2. How Do you Deploy Your dream Team?
3. How To Organize the Team
4. How To Develop the Team
a. Step 1: Cultivate A Vulnerability-Based Trust
b. Step 2: Engage in Robust Dialogue
c. Step 3: Lead By Consensus
d. Step 4: Confront Members About Inappropriate
Behavior
e. Make the Team’s Interest The Priority
6. The Congregation- the third group that makes up
the dream team is a well-mobilized congregation
1. The Unemployment Problem- i.e. The majority of
congregations are not involved in or not properly
involved in ministry. As many as 80 to 90 percent of
the typical congregation are “sitting on the shore,
watching a faithful few racing their boats in the
ministry lake.”
2. The Solution to The Problem-it must understand
the biblical role of the pastor and any staff, it must
understand the role of the congregation, and it must
develop a congregational mobilization process.
a. The Biblical Role of the Pastor and Staff
b. The Biblical Role of the Congregation
c. Developing a Congregational Mobilization
Process- the discovery phase, the consulting
phase and the placement phase.
7. The Congregation- the third group that makes up
the dream team is a well-mobilized congregation
1. The Unemployment Problem- i.e. The majority of
congregations are not involved in or not properly
involved in ministry. As many as 80 to 90 percent of
the typical congregation are “sitting on the shore,
watching a faithful few racing their boats in the
ministry lake.”
2. The Solution to The Problem-it must understand
the biblical role of the pastor and any staff, it must
understand the role of the congregation, and it must
develop a congregational mobilization process.
a. The Biblical Role of the Pastor and Staff
b. The Biblical Role of the Congregation
c. Developing a Congregational Mobilization
Process- the discovery phase, the consulting
phase and the placement phase.
