Comments on: Team Ministry in the Multisite Model http://www.thedesocios.com/faith/2009/03/team-ministry-in-the-multisite-model/ Faith, Life and Family Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Shawn Doud http://www.thedesocios.com/faith/2009/03/team-ministry-in-the-multisite-model/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Shawn Doud Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:58:28 +0000 http://thedesocios.com/?p=581#comment-151 The Trinity is ministry team one. Reflected glory and mutual service mean that there is joy and fruit. The fruit of that glorious team unity of divine persons is creation and redemption. The people who are the new creation and reflection of the Trinity must live and work like the "team" that made them. A trinitarian model makes solo planting seem like the absurdity that it is. Good thoughts brother! Congrats on the new member of your team, by the way! When is your wife due? The Trinity is ministry team one. Reflected glory and mutual service mean that there is joy and fruit. The fruit of that glorious team unity of divine persons is creation and redemption. The people who are the new creation and reflection of the Trinity must live and work like the “team” that made them. A trinitarian model makes solo planting seem like the absurdity that it is.

Good thoughts brother! Congrats on the new member of your team, by the way! When is your wife due?

]]> By: Robbie Schmidtberger http://www.thedesocios.com/faith/2009/03/team-ministry-in-the-multisite-model/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Robbie Schmidtberger Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:12:51 +0000 http://thedesocios.com/?p=581#comment-150 Team ministry is absolutely essential to ministry. I do not believe there is even a choice in this matter- that answers your second question. Elders, both ruling and teaching, must lead the church together. It does come down to a matter of polity as you pointed out, and true presbyterianism fits nicely with team work and cooperation outside the immediate congregation. What we do at New Covenant is that each elder has direct responsibility for a "shepherding group" and a ministry. I serve on two teams: outreach and discipleship. Each is led by a different elder. It is interesting to note that on the outreach committee is an elder, Mike, but does not "direct" it like Brian does. Advantages: - harder to fall into error because of accountability - every meeting becomes a brain storming session - assists communication - builds prayer life and fellowship (team meetings) - use of different skill sets outside your own, enables you and the church to do more function as the body is intending to so. Disadvantages: Truly depends on the extent of teamwork. - But it can hinder the entrepreneurial spirit of people if they always have to go back and get approval from committee chairs and elders. Team ministry is absolutely essential to ministry. I do not believe there is even a choice in this matter- that answers your second question. Elders, both ruling and teaching, must lead the church together. It does come down to a matter of polity as you pointed out, and true presbyterianism fits nicely with team work and cooperation outside the immediate congregation.

What we do at New Covenant is that each elder has direct responsibility for a “shepherding group” and a ministry. I serve on two teams: outreach and discipleship. Each is led by a different elder. It is interesting to note that on the outreach committee is an elder, Mike, but does not “direct” it like Brian does.

Advantages:
- harder to fall into error because of accountability
- every meeting becomes a brain storming session
- assists communication
- builds prayer life and fellowship (team meetings)
- use of different skill sets outside your own, enables you and the church to do more
function as the body is intending to so.

Disadvantages:
Truly depends on the extent of teamwork.
- But it can hinder the entrepreneurial spirit of people if they always have to go back and get approval from committee chairs and elders.

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