Team Ministry

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MISSION PROGRAMME
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LOCAL NEED, LOCAL VISION

• There is no blueprint for team ministry
• It is not a matter of establishing a structure
• Its form will depend on the nature and
  aspirations of the local congregations

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BEND IT

• Flexibility is essential since plans will have to
  change to reflect
• better understanding
• changing circumstances
• the effect of team ministry on the life of the
  church

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NOT MORE OF THE SAME!

• Shortage of ministers leads to the re-evaluation
  
• of ministry

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A CHANGING WORLD REQUIRES A CHANGED CHURCH

• What is our wilderness situation telling us?

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BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN RACE (1 PETER 29)

• And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the
  evangelists, the pastors and teachers to equip
  the saints for the work of ministry, for
  building up the body of Christ. (Eph.
  411-12)

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WHOLE CHURCH MINISTRY

• Team ministry is a structure that encourages and
  enables the whole church to minister, to one
  another and to others.

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EVERYONES WORK, NO ONES RESPONSIBILITY

• Team ministry does not do away with the need for
  an ordained clergy.
• But clergy are not always best placed to lead
  team ministry.

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• Teams are created in different circumstances.
• But the basic model is always the ministry of
  Jesus
• Team ministry is complimentary and supportive

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POSSIBLE AREAS OF MINISTRY

• children and young people
• teaching and training
• worship
• pastoral care
• mission
• And many areas in between

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SUB-TEAMS

• Ready made groups can become sub-teams in team
  ministry
• They provide an opportunity to bring new people
  into the work
• Their leaders become the team under the
  leadership as chair of the minister or another
  appropriate person

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• Chair person
• Leader Leader Leader Leader Leader
• Children ------- Worship --------Teaching -------
  Pastoral ------- Mission
• Young
• People

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COLLABORATIVE, CO-ORDINATED MINISTRY

• Its good to talk

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FULL DELEGATION
Christian Ministry plc
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assistants or partners?
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COMPETITION OR CO-OPERATION
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WHAT ABOUT THE ELDERS?
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BENEFITS OF TEAMWORK

• Shared gifts, broadened vision.
• A new sense of responsibility,
• A better understanding.
• A new realisation of the church as a community.
• Individuals, revived, refreshed and restored in
  the measure in which they become involved.

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IF YOU WANT TO DO IT

• Ask why?
• Dont rush
• Explain and discuss
• Plan and be flexible
• Concentrate on the umbrella team
• Make it part of worship and devotion

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