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Developing a Leadership Culture

Cultivating a leadership culture in your Sunday School is crucial for growth and effectiveness. This guide emphasizes intentional leadership, enlisting, training, and regular meetings to empower leaders and enhance the ministry. Learn how to model success, set expectations, and provide ongoing support. Discover the benefits of frequent leadership meetings and fun fellowship events to foster a thriving environment. Implement these strategies to boost enrollment, engagement, and outreach in your Sunday School.

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Developing a Leadership Culture

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  1. Developing a Leadership Culture

  2. What would you say your Sunday School is trained to accomplish? What would you like your Sunday School to accomplish this year? Leadership is the key!

  3. Leadership The students of your Sunday School model their leadership. Who do they model? • Pastor • SS Director • TEACHER

  4. Model What You Want What will these actions produce in Sunday School? • Tardy teachers • Unenrolled church members • No weekly contacts • No follow-up on visitors and prospects Lack of enthusiasm for Sunday School

  5. Model What You Want What will these actions produce in Sunday School? • Teachers early for Sunday School • A growing SS enrollment • Quick follow-up on visitors and prospects • Classes involved in prayer and ministry ENTHUSIASM for the ministry of the Sunday School

  6. Actions Result From • Leadership modeling what it wants done • Training the Sunday School leaders what to do • Inspecting results

  7. Leadership is Intentional • Leadership does not just happen • Leaders must focus on TASK • The more a SS focuses its leaders on a task, the more effective their SS’s become

  8. Leaders must be called out

  9. Enlisting SS Leaders • Leaders don’t just appear! They must be called out or enlisted • Enlisting is a year-round process Be on the recruitment trail all the time • Enlist EVERY leader EVERY year • Enlist with a job description • Enlist personally

  10. Personal Enlistment • Enlisting in the home is best • Do NOT enlist from a sign-up sheet • Avoid enlisting through the mail • Provide a copy of the SS curriculum • If re-enlisting a current leader – evaluate the past year • Share expectations of the SS in general and the class specifically

  11. Leader Expectations • Be early (on time for a SS leader is 15 minutes early at a minimum) • Attend training sessions • Organize the class for ministry • Participate in leader meetings • Support the goals and ministry of the church and the Sunday School • Prepare

  12. Training Leaders Annually • Participate in association or state clinics • Annual appreciation banquet Quarterly, monthly, or weekly • Ongoing training provided • Accountability • Response and feedback loops

  13. Weekly Meeting? • The goal of leadership development is highly trained leaders • Many churches provide NO training for Sunday School, even on an annual basis (PowerUP churches report an 652% increase in leadership training) • Even annual or quarterly training does not get deep enough into the organization

  14. Monthly or weekly training provides the Sunday School leadership with the best opportunity to discover and discuss the needs of the Sunday School Monthly or weekly meetings provide the atmosphere to dialogue about the Sunday School’s opportunities

  15. Leadership Meetings Leadership meetings include: • Prayer for the Sunday School • Accountability • Opportunities for new ideas to surface • Training • Assignments – ministry and outreach

  16. PowerUP Model S – Spend time in prayer U – Upload the plan R – Review the Bible study G – Goals and Objectives E – Evangelize and Enroll

  17. Advantages to Frequent Meetings • Promotes stronger fellowship • Needs can be discovered and addressed more quickly • Provides more accurate information • More changes can be implemented in a shorter time frame • The Sunday School can make more smaller adjustments, rather than fewer but bigger adjustments

  18. Sunday School Leader Meetings Leadership meetings should focus on… • Leadership • Discipleship • Community-building • Purpose

  19. Ideas for SS Leader Training • Evangelism – Share Jesus or CROSS • Baptist Doctrine study – 6 weeks • Lead Like Jesus – 8 weeks • How to make a hospital visit • Inductive Bible study preparation • How to develop an apprentice teacher

  20. Leadership Meeting Basics V – Vision, communicate vision at every meeting H – Huddle, meet in age groups and discuss issues S – Skill, train for a specific skill

  21. Remember… You get what you train for!

  22. The #1 Factor for Success Meetings must be valuable! When leaders are getting value from a meeting, they will adjust their schedule to attend.

  23. Develop an Annual Plan In your groups, brainstorm some different topics that you would like to train your SS leaders to do. Develop an annual training calendar at your table.

  24. The Unknown Concept to Developing a SS Leadership Culture Your leaders set the pace for your Sunday School A successful leadership culture draws new leaders out of the pews A successful leadership culture is growing the leaders it already has Growing leaders is the key to a successful SS

  25. A Key Component to Developing Culture FUN & FELLOWSHIP! Provide at least 2 opportunities per year for SS leaders to gather for fun! • Progressive Dinners • Picnics • Banquets • Entertainment

  26. Homework How frequent are you meeting with your leaders? Develop an annual leadership development outline with calendar dates. What would you say your Sunday School is trained to do?

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