Throughout my life, God has blessed me with employment, friends, and academics, and has prepared me for ministry at Ridgedale Church. I am humbly grateful to the two most influential people in my life, my wife, Tammy Wright Cate, and our son, Seth Allen Cate.
INTRODUCTION
Running a ministry with only one ministry leader creates a weakness in the church's ability to recruit, train, and reproduce ministry leaders. Each gift has an essential role in equipping and uniting the body of Christ. Pastors and other church leaders are the primary individuals positioned to equip ministry leaders to carry out the mission of the church.
By equipping saints (i.e., ministry leaders) for ministry, church leaders build healthy ministries, resulting in the building up of the body of Christ. Equipping ministry leaders to lovingly respond to church opposition results in a united body that is healthy. As Arnold argues, “Christ is not only the originator of the church (ie absolutely . the 'source' of the church).
It is reasonable that Paul refers to ministers in the church who must keep the parts of the body together. The pastor who takes small steps in the beginning process to identify where ministry leaders can serve will benefit him in the equipping process. the needs of the body of Christ. Allowing ministry leaders to engage in the vision broadcast process will. strengthen the ministries of the church.
Foundations of Biblical Leadership (Part 1) Matthew 28:18-20 1
Jesus is currently imparting the authority that his Father has given to the disciples. From this, the disciples have transferred the authority to you, the ministry leaders, to go and make disciples. The central command to the disciples is to go and make disciples.4 The moment Jesus commands them to "go," the disciples' hearts must have been moved to begin equipping church leaders. When Jesus has finished equipping his disciples, his direct instructions are for the disciples to “go therefore and do it.
The disciples were the first evangelists to equip church leaders with the gospel to reach all nations. Teaching and making more disciples is the fundamental function of gospel leadership in the aftermath of the life and teachings of Jesus, even decades after the foundational events. equipping Church leaders to continue the process for centuries to come.
Foundations of Biblical Leadership (Part 2) Romans 12:3-8
United and serving one another with the gifts given to them by God, the body of Christ is able to fulfill the Great Commission. The absence of even a single gift diminishes the church's ability to meet the needs of the body and, therefore, to fulfill the Great Commission. The main purpose of the pastor is to take care of those whom God has placed in the church.
The body does not depend on one person, but on many people to fulfill the Great Commission. Ministry leaders use their gifts to equip the body of Christ to fully fulfill the Great Commission.
Foundations of Biblical Leadership (Part 3) Ephesians 4:11-16
Whether volunteer or ministry leader, the identity of the position is irrelevant to the mission of the church. Church leaders are the first to equip God's people for service (v. 12a) to equip. Therefore, each person should use their divinely appointed gifts to build up the body.
The equipping process develops an understanding of the necessary requirements for the body to work well together. The equipping process DEVELOPS an understanding of the NECESSARY requirements for the body to work well together.
Spiritual Gift Assessment and DiSC Profile Assessment Objective: To learn about your Spiritual Gifts and the best ministry leadership
You give without public recognition and usually don't want people to know who you are and how much you give. You are likely to be hardworking, dedicated, able to discern people's motives and character, and willing to stand up for what is right. You are usually very patient, people-oriented, and willing to spend time in prayer for others.
You tend to be a "Jack of All and Master of ONE", which means you are usually also dominant in one of the speaking gifts (evangelist, prophet, teacher, exhorter). You are willing to study what is needed to feed your group and are more relationship oriented than task oriented.
Servant Leadership and Team Building
Wisdom is the ability to make good decisions and have sound judgment, but it is more than that. It is the responsibility of the church to cultivate leadership competence in its ministry leaders because team building strengthens the body of Christ for the effectiveness of the ministry. If the team building approach is simple in explanation, the pastor, ministry leaders, and congregation will understand what a team is and how to build one.
Furthermore, such commitments extend beyond the company's activities and even beyond the team's own life. Team building is often messy, complicated, time consuming, and frustrating, but such team building is essential to developing leadership competency among church ministry leaders and the result is strengthening the body of Christ as a whole.
Vision Casting for Ministry and Communication to Team Members
Having a vision helps each person in the group connect the dots between what is being taught and how to live it out. If the pastor equips ministry leaders to develop a vision for their ministry, then the people in the ministry will understand why they do what they do. Identify what drives you and where your passions lie to identify what you care about enough to envision how things could be better in the future.
With your team or as an individual, using individual words from question 1, begin to write a vision for your ministry. As a ministry leader, how quickly can you and your team have a vision ready to communicate.
Roles, Responsibilities, Expectations, and Resources for Ministry leaders
Simply put, your role is to support the pastors of Ridgedale Church in serving the congregation and community around the church. The pastors and elders of Ridgedale Church expect our ministry leaders to be the body of Christ serving one another together. Volunteer = Ministry Leaders = Pastors = Elders = Chairman of the Elders o In our chain of command, there is no specific order you must follow.
What is the Ridgedale chain of command if you need advice or need to talk to someone. ADDITIONAL ONLINE ASSESSMENTS BENEFIT FOR CHURCH LEADERSHIP EQUIPMENT Lead Like Jesus DisC assessment -https://www.leadlikejesus.com/disc Ministry Insights - https://www.ministryinsights.com/.
What do you believe a volunteer-leader should know or understand regarding basic theology?
They must have a clear understanding of the gospel and affirm the authority and inspiration of Scripture. R11 Authority of Scripture, Plan of Salvation, Role of the Local Church and Authority in the Church, Servant Leadership, The Church is not a corporation or a bank. R13 A basic understanding of Judeo-Christian theology would be an asset, but more than sufficient would be an understanding of the "doctrine" of Christian service - living out the faith in action rather than words.
Specifically, they must have a solid knowledge and understanding of: theology, Christology, pneumatology, soteriology, anthropology, bibliology, and ecclesiology. Obviously, the teacher should be in line with the basic position of the church on many topics about membership, gifts of the Spirit, and other such things.
What should a volunteer-leader know or understand regarding biblical literacy?
They should be able to share the gospel from any book of the Bible if they are really good with the scriptures. They must have a good understanding of how all the books are consistent with each other. They need to know names and understand the different purposes of the books of the Old and New Testaments.
R16 Volunteer-leaders should be able to effectively navigate the books and portions of the Bible and should be able to interpret the Bible in order to feed on the Word. The volunteer leader must also be trained in basic hermeneutics to answer simple questions people might ask about the Bible.
A volunteer-leader must be equipped with what knowledge or skills for evangelism?
You should also be familiar enough with the New Testament scriptures to bring someone to faith in Christ. R8 They must have the ability and confidence to preach the gospel from God's word and personal testimony. Unless it is a specific evangelistic ministry, you should be able to clearly explain the gospel. understand), even if they are not skilled in preaching the gospel to others.
They must be equipped with the knowledge and ability to reject those who oppose the Gospel. They should be able to lead a person in prayer to accept Jesus at least.
What specific knowledge or skills should a volunteer-leader need to be equipped with regarding Teaching, Leading, or Mentoring other Christians?
They should see the gospel as central to every aspect of their faith and not be ashamed to share Jesus with other people and share how Jesus has changed their own lives. R16 The ability to explain the gospel is crucial - what sin is, what Jesus accomplished on the cross, the need to rely on Him for salvation, etc. R12 When teaching, they should have a fairly good understanding of core doctrines of the faith and be able to communicate those ideas clearly.
They must also have a willingness to admit the things they don't know and know where to find answers to those questions. They need to know how to talk to other volunteers in a way that is helpful.
Do you recommend any books, periodicals, or bible studies regarding any of the questions above?
In the latter case, the volunteer leader should know how to disciple (basic mentorship skills and basic scripture knowledge) and should know how to lead a group discussion about the Bible. Talk Through the Bible: A Quick Guide to Help You Get More Out of the Bible by Bruce H. Many of our books in the doctoral program like Geiger's Designed to Lead of Five Dysfunctions of a Team but it really depends on the culture of a church which material would be suitable.
Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts: Building the Body of Christ Through the Gifts of the Spirit. Slaves of the Most High God: A Biblical Model of Servant Leadership in Luke-Agerninger's Slave Images.
