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Building Your Core Team

Building Your Core Team. Getting The Right People on the Bus ...And in the right seat! Your Core Group Makes All the Difference. Choose The Right Leader. How do you know if you are the right leader? Match demographic Leadership ability matches size of vision Time available

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Building Your Core Team

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  1. Building Your Core Team

  2. Getting The Right People on the Bus ...And in the right seat! Your Core Group Makes All the Difference

  3. Choose The Right Leader How do you know if you are the right leader? • Match demographic • Leadership ability matches size of vision • Time available • Church Planter Gene: IDAK, 16PF

  4. Choose The Right Leader Most frequent cause of failure: • Wrong planter • Mismatched core team • Divisive Leader

  5. “Assessment is arguably one of the most important church-planting developments during the past 20 years. For those seeking to facilitate a church-planting movement, it would be foolish to ignore some type of formalized church-planter assessment process.”Ed Stetzer

  6. Church Plant Leader Assessment Church Plant Leader Assessment • IDAK • Online Talent Discovery Guide $27 • http://idakgroup.com/services/#post-587 • Personality Test: • www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp • Take the test and send me your results

  7. What are you attracting? • “What you put up front is what you get!” • “We reach people best who are most like ourselves.” • Magnetic leaders draw leaders like themselves!

  8. What Are You Attracting?

  9. What Are You Attracting?

  10. What Are You Attracting?

  11. What Are You Attracting?

  12. What Are You Attracting?

  13. Who would be attracted to your church?

  14. Who wouldn’t be attracted to your church?

  15. How would he run your church?

  16. Importance of Core Teams • 88 % of the fastest-growing Church Plants have a trained core team in place prior to public launch. • Only 12 % succeeded without having a core team in place.

  17. Importance of Core Teams Having a team will make you good…… Having the rightpeopleon the team will make you great.

  18. “Jesus had a team of three, and you must emulate Him if you are ever to build anything solid enough to outlast your life.”  Ralph Moore, Starting a New Church, page 175

  19. Definition Core group: Thenucleusof the future church plant. How do you decide WHO should be part of this nucleus?

  20. Group Question: What are two key characteristics you should look for when selecting your core team members?

  21. "Character is power. The silent witness of a true, unselfish, godly life carries an almost irresistible influence. By revealing in our own life the character of Christ we co-operate with Him in the work of saving souls. It is only by revealing in our life His character that we can co-operate with Him...

  22. Step One:Choosing Your Core Team First • Share God’s vision for lost people (Strong faith commitment to Mission) • Passionate about the shared vision • Individuals who are magnets for others • Match the Demographic Target • Teachable Spirit/Positive thinkers • Loyal to the denomination

  23. Define your vision for the church. What will it look like? Give people time to join the vision!

  24. Vision “A mist in the pulpit is a fog in the pew.”

  25. Make It Clear • Unclear vision is like driving in the fog, you can’t see where your going. • Make it very clear from the pulpit and in slogans where the church is going. • Remember: it only takes 30 days to lose sight of the mission and our goals. • Educate, educate, educate.

  26. Coach/Train Help Pair Them Get to Know Your Core Team Who Are Your LEADERS? • Catalysts (those who initiate) • Organizers (those who ensure it happens) • Operators (those who keep it going) • Developers (those who re-vision) Who are the WORKERS? • Spiritual Gifts Assessment

  27. Group Question: What are possible sources of core team leaders?

  28. Recruiting Your Core Group Pray God will bring the right people to you: • Friends • People you meet that match the target demographic to be reached. • Leaders who are duplicating themselves at church • Members who are doing outreach • Passionate new members • People recommended by other leaders

  29. Look for MINISTRY LEADERS SUPPORT TEAM Suggestions for Key Leaders… Prayer Team Leader Small Groups Leader Outreach Leader (Coordinates efforts) Worship Leader Music Leader Children’s Ministries Leader Leaders for top Key Ministries Events Coordinator Administrative Assistant Treasurer (with a vision for ministry) Communications / PR Director

  30. Lessons From Willow Creek Community Church • Leaders must be developed • “Leaders need leadership” • Bill Hybel’s discovered 50% of leaders were ready to walk • Invest 70% of your time in your core team!

  31. Group Question: What are some key areas of leadership you need to cover as you look for core team leaders?

  32. Fastest Growing Church Plants • 92 % had at least 3 key ministries in place before they officially launched. • 98 % had worship ministries • (100% of failing plants had worship service ministry) • 96 % had Children Ministries in place before they launched • 48.3 % had youth & teen ministries

  33. Coaching Questions • Around the tables: 5 minutes • How did you select your ministry leaders? • What leaders are missing from your team?

  34. Questions Walter Allred wdallred@hotmail.com 713-824-1444 Levelupministries.org

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