Every Profession on earth require skill-sets for performance. Ministry require 3 things for effectiveness: Power of The Holy Ghost, Skills [Ability to Do] and Mindset Leadership begins with mindset. Mindsets are:the foundation of great leadership forms the basis for action. Our goal is to identify and create productive mindsets that result in prime leadership in the Church.

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DEVELOPING
MINISTRY
MINDSET & SKILL-SET
WORKSHOP
Facilitated by:
Dr. Oyewole O. Sarumi
Pastoral Leadership Academy
Lagos

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Introduction
• Every Profession on earth require skill-
sets for performance.
• Ministry require 3 things for
effectiveness:
• Power of The Holy Ghost
• Skills [Ability to Do]
• Mindset

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SkillSet Vs Mindset

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First Assignment

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First Group Assignment
• The Work: In a group of 20, deliberate, discuss
and agree on the list of Skilful Professionals that
are required to BUILD A HOUSE, CORPORATE
OFFICE or A STADIUM.
• Materials: A Marker pen, 2 sheets of Flip Chart
Paper and tape.
• Time: 30 minutes
• Instructions: Choose a Leader and a Scribe to
write your distillates for presentation.

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1st Syndicate Group
Presentations

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Second Group Assignment
• The Work: In your group, now discuss and agree
on all the SKILL-SET that a CHURCH LEADER,
PASTOR, MINISTER or whatever you want to call it
should posses to be effective in the Gospel work.
• Materials: One Marker Pen, 2 sheets of Flip chart
paper and tape.
• Time: 30 minutes
• Instructions: Choose a Leader and a Scribe to
write your distillates for presentation.

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2nd Syndicate Group
Presentations

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Third Group Assignment
• The Work: Inside and outside every local church,
we find different kinds and types of relationships. In
your group, discuss and agree on the relationships
that can help our local churches to grow today.
• Materials: One Marker Pen, 2 sheets of Flip chart
paper and tape.
• Time: 30 minutes
• Instructions: Choose a Leader and a Scribe to
write your distillates for presentation.

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3rd Syndicate Group
Presentations

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Relationships that Grow Churches:
Relationships
That Grow
Churches:
Pastor to
God
Relationship
People to
God
Relationship
Pastor to
People
Relationship
People to
Pastor
Relationship
People to
People
Relationship People to
Sinners
Relationship
Church to
Community
Relationship
Pastor to
Pastor
Relationship
Pastor to
Higher
Authority
Relationship

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Hierarchy of Toolset,
Skillset and Mindset
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/

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Hierarchy of Toolset,
Skillset and Mindset
• Toolset:
➢ Keep abreast with new tools and technologies
➢ Learn important tools/technologies
➢ Understand the interoperability of various tools.
• Skillset:
➢ Keep upgrading your skills
➢ Concentrate on continuous improvement
• Mindset:
➢ Being open minded
➢ Do not judge anything too soon

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Some Pastoral Toolset
• Comfortable Building with furniture
• Equipment [PC, TV, Satellite, new technologies]
• Offices and Spaces
• Conveniences & Sign Post
• Social Media Presence [FB, WSP, website, blog etc]
• Library [church/personal]
• Staff Training
• Transportation
• Report Writing format: CMS [be well trained here]
• Assessment tools for M/E

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What is Skillset?
• SKILLS can be defined as social, technical, and digital
tools used by professionals to increase effectiveness in
the workforce.
• A skill set is a particular category of skills or abilities
necessary to perform a job.
• Examples of specific skill sets include human relations,
research and planning, leadership, management, and
computer skills.

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What Types of Skill Sets
Are There?
• There are several types of skill sets. Skill sets can be
considered soft or hard.
• Soft skills are interpersonal, or people, skills. They are
difficult to quantify, and relate to a person’s personality and
ability to work with others. Soft skills include
communication, critical thinking, and conflict resolution etc.
• Hard skills are quantifiable and teachable; they include
specific knowledge and abilities required for a job. Examples
of hard skills include computer programming, accounting,
mathematics, and data analysis.

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CHURCH LEADERS,
MINISTERS’ SKILL-SET
Administrative skills People/Relational skills
Financial Management skills
Conflict management
Preaching/teaching skills
Delegationskills
Staffingskills
Assessment skills
Listening Skills
Communicationskills
Organizational skills
Coordinating skills
Teambuildingskills
Change management skills
Spiritual growth skills
Sound biblical Interpretations

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Fundamental Skillset for
Church Leaders & Ministers
• Leadership skills
• Administrative skills
• People/relational skills
• Conflict management
• Preaching/teaching skills
• Financial Management skills
• Programme Planning skills
• Writing/publishing skills
• Communication skills
• Listening Skills
• Family handling skills
• Sound biblical interpretation skills
• Assessment skills
• Organizational skills
• Delegation skills
• Vision/goal crafting skills
• Coordinating skills
• Team building skills
• Staffing skills
• Strategic planning skills
• Change management skills
• Spiritual growth skills
• Personal development skills
Which one do you lack?

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Key Leadership Areas for
Ministers
• Numerous studies indicate that sustainable business
and elsewhere success depends on three key
leadership areas:
1. The greater good.
2. Clear vision.
3. Cohesive culture.

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Pastoral Mindset
• Leadership begins with mindset.
• Mindsets are:
• the foundation of great leadership
• forms the basis for action.
• Our goal is to identify and create
productive mindsets that result
in prime leadership in the
Church.

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What is a Mindset?
• Mindset…
➢…refers to the ideas, beliefs and attitudes
with which a church leader, minister
approaches a situation.
➢….as the attitudes, beliefs, and expectations
you hold that act as the foundation of who
you are, how you lead, and the ways in which
you interact with your team.

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➢The MINDSET refers to the world view of an
individual or to the manner in which they
perceive life and the attitude that they have
towards it.
➢Unlike skills, a mindset cannot really be
acquired while sitting in a classroom.

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➢ The MINDSET is something that can help you even
if you don’t have the required tool in hand.
➢The mindset is what helps you reach your goal by
working with what you have. Imagine your
SKILLSETS as a tool box. Each skill you’ve acquired
can be used in a particular situation. It is mindset
that help here.

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Our mindset is highly
Influential
• Our mindset is so influential. Why? It
determines:
• how you think about and interpret
situations,
• your emotional reactions,
• the decisions you make, and
• the actions you take.

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The Importance of
Mindset
• Our mindset:
• directly impacts the quality of our relationships,
• the interactions we have,
• the way you lead,
• sets the tone for your church organization, and
• determines the kind of experiences our people
have in their work lives.

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The Double your
Attendance Challenge!
• The double-your-attendance-challenge require us as
leaders to desperately acquire new mindsets and
new ways of looking at this gospel work.
• The fall of KODAK, NOKIA, BLOCKBUSTER &
BORDERBOOKS was due to the wrong mindset of
their leaders.
• These companies did not fail due to a lack of
technical know-how.

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• Past success and outdated leadership mindsets are
the biggest inhibitors of future success.
• Leadership is not about the how – the skills of
leadership.
• It’s about the need to focus on the development of
their mindset, as they do on the development of
skillsets.

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• Church Organisations desperately need new
visions and new maps to navigate the torrents of
this moment.
• Too many church organisations are busy with the
tasks of yesterday.
• We need to stop doing the tasks of the past and
make way for the new initiative as our membership
are also changing.

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The 2 Needful Skills
Today
• Enlightened leaders tap into their:
• emotional intelligence skills
• social intelligence skills
• To fully engage their members
and staff.

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PASTORAL
MINDSET
Curiosity
Positivity
The ability to listen
Openness
Empathy
Resourcefulness
A Good Relationship with Change
Communicativeness
Connectiveness
Confidence
Conviction
Solution-Seeking Commitment
Accountability
PerformanceVision

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• Becoming a great leader is a work in progress.
• There are things that will accelerate your leadership
and things that will hold you back.
• Everybody has within them the potential to be a
great leader.
• It all starts, and ends, with mindset.

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Pastoral Mindset
• Curiosity
• Vision
• Confidence
• Openness
• Commitment
• Accountability
• Positivity
• Solution-seeking
• Performance
• Communicativeness
• Connectiveness
• Resourcefulness
• A good relationship
with change
• Ability to listen
• Empathy
• Conviction

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Finding the PERFECT BALANCE

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The Balance:
• Skillsets are required in Ministry, and they should
honed and sharpened regularly.
• Once you have the ultimate skillsets in your life, it’s
time to put your mindset into action and implement
the JOB, CALLING using those skills that you
worked so hard to acquire.

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Lead from within:
• Great leadership comes from having a great
mindset.
• Pay attention to what you think before it
becomes what you act.
• Pro.23:7 says: “As a man thinks, so he is..” NKJV
• “….What he thinks is really what he is.” GNB

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Invitation to join CLMCNET
• CLMCNET means Church Leaders’ Mentoring
& Coaching Network.
• Please send mail or text to: 0708 306 3146 OR
leadershipmgtservice@gmail.com for more
information.
• CLMCNET will not allow you to wander alone.
• CLMCNET is where you have opportunity to grow
in 3D without compromising your faith.
• We are ready to welcome you!

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References
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hierarchy-toolset-skillset-mindset-jwala-
vedantam
• Oyewole Sarumi. 2013. The Effective Ministers’ Manual – JesusLifestyle
Books and Publications, Lagos.
• http://www.georgeambler.com/great-leadership-starts-mindset-skillset/
• Lolly Daskal. The Leadership Gap What Gets
Between You and Your Greatness. https://www.lollydaskal.com/leader
ship/12-signs-mindset-great-leader/
• http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/GabrielaTaylor-2590849-
mindset-vs-skillset-one-important-small-business/