Startup Team

Six Dream Dynamics

1. Your mission?

2. Your core values?

3. Your vision?

4. Prayer Team?

5. Funding Team?

6. Startup Team?

Planter Profile

1. Spiritual Leader

2. Missionary Leader

3. “V” Team Builder

4. Resource Developer

5. People Gatherer

6. People Developer

7. Ministry Developer

Four Support Teams

Prayer

Funding

Pastor

Startup

QUESTION

• How will you mobilize a missional core to go with you?

Interaction

• You are meeting a potential startup team leader for lunch.

• You have three minutes to use your vision to convince him to get in the raft and join you on the whitewater adventure of church planting. Go!

Leadership Pipeline

Self

Team

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Jesus & Team Building

Team Building Culture

1. Capacity: Harvest great, labors few (Mt. 9)

2. Attitude: Greatest is servant (Mt. 20)

3. Action: Empowerment: You’re Rock (Mt. 16)

4. Focus: Lost matters (Mt. 15)

Planter: Study Jesus!

Healthy Startup Team

Ministry Partner

Lay Elders

Team Leaders

• Ten Missional Families– Synagogue number– High mission ownership

1. Ministry Partner

2. Lay Elders: 2-3

3. Team Leaders: 7-10

1. Ministry Partner: 2x2 Principle

YouPartner1. Pray: Mt. 9:38, Lk.10:2

2. 2X2 Teams– Mt. 10: Six Teams– Lk. 10: Thirty Six Teams– Paul: Ministry Teams– International: 2x2 Teams

2. Lay Elders (2-3)

• Acts 14: 23– Appointed Elders

• Titus 1:5 (NIV) 5 The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

Healthy: Self Governing

Within 6-18 months

EFCA: Provisional Leadership Team

Future Staff

3. Team Leaders (7-10)

1. Worship

2. Assimilation

3. Technology

4. Children

5. Evangelism

6. Discipleship

7. Small Groups

8. Finances

9. Set up/Take down

• Leader vs. Worker

• Leadership DNA• 2D2 Principle

– II Timothy 2:2– 4th Generation

Fractal Teams

Fractal Teams

Leader Disciple

HelperHelper

1. Circle

2. Crosshair: Purpose

3. Quadrant Ministries

4. Quadrant Gifts

5. Quadrants Leaders

6. ASK

ASK

• Where do you find startup leaders?

1. Prayer

2. Your Network

3. Your Church/s

4. Target Community

Building TeamIs A Major AccomplishmentIs A Major Accomplishment

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• The name on the front of your jersey is more important than the name on the back of your jersey.

QuestionHow Did Jesus Train The Twelve?How Did Jesus Train The Twelve?

Team Building Principles

1. Selection

2. Association

3. Commitment

4. Impartation

5. Demonstration

6. Delegation

7. Supervision

8. Reproduction

1. SelectionHe choose twelve: Luke 6:13He choose twelve: Luke 6:13

Selection

• Jesus looked for disciples– Pray for God to raise them up: Luke 6:12-14– Focused on responsive: Mt. 9, John 6– Didn’t ignore masses, but invested in the few

• Planter: Look for leaders– They are in the crowd before you: Fishermen– Don’t treat everyone equally– Be prepared for criticism

Selection Application

1. Call

2. Character

3. Competency

4. Chemistry

5. Capacity

6. Courage

7. Coachability

2. AssociationLo, I am with you always. Mt. 28:20Lo, I am with you always. Mt. 28:20

Association

• Jesus stayed with his disciples– The essence of Jesus’ training program:

follow me, come and see.– He brought them into the routine of his daily

life … as they were walking … fishing … etc– He spent time after sermons … what does this

mean? Who do people say I am?– Occasionally, arrange extended periods for

reflection together

Association Application

• Planter: Hang out together– We must be close to growing disciples– Stage of informal leadership training– Seek ways for casual fellowship– Visit other church plants together– Arrange times prayer & study– Occasionally, extended retreats

3. CommitmentTake my yoke upon you. Mt. 11:29Take my yoke upon you. Mt. 11:29

Commitment

• Jesus expected obedience. John 15:14– Leveraged up commitment

1. Come & see: John 1

2. Follow me: Mt. 4

3. Abide with me: John 15

4. Deny yourself: Luke 9

5. Count Cost: Luke 14

Commitment Application

• Planter: Stair Step Commitment– Day 4: Intentional Disciple Making– Discipleship: Obedience (Mt. 28: 20)– Give realistic planting expectations– Expect drop outs– Model personal obedience

4. ImpartationReceive the Holy Spirit. John 20:22Receive the Holy Spirit. John 20:22

Impartation

• Jesus gave them his Spirit– I am going to give you my Spirit and you are

going to do greater works – Jesus Christ: He’s alive (Acts 1:3)– Holy Spirit: He’s available (Acts 1:8, 2:38-39)

Impartation Application

• Planter: Give yourself away (I Thess. 2:8).– Teach dependence upon Holy Spirit– Ambassadors with authority: Mt. 28:18– Listening prayer & Answered prayer– Personally model: Spiritual empowerment– Trust leaders to Holy Spirit

5. DemonstrationI have given you an example.

John 13:15I have given you an example.

John 13:15

Demonstration

• Jesus show them how to minister– We must model Christ’s teaching!– Let them see our priorities and values lived out– Share the inner life of the soul– Make clear what is meant by personal ministry– Shortcomings and failures can become means

of teaching

Demonstration Application

• Planter: Model life and leadership– Starts with family: I Timothy 3– Continues with inner spiritual life– Model ministry skills: Show How Training– Failures: great teachable moments

6. DelegationI will make you fishers of men.

Mt. 4:19I will make you fishers of men.

Mt. 4:19

Delegation

• Jesus gave them something to do– He assigned them work

• Mt. 10: Mission of 12• Luke 10: Mission of 70• Acts 1:8: Mission of 120

– Make specific assignments

Delegation Application

• Planter: Involve learners in ministry– Utilize gifts & skills– Give more & more demanding assignments– Teach team ministry: Fractal teams– Leadership flows out of service & harvest

focus

7. SupervisionDo you not yet perceive?

Mark 8:17Do you not yet perceive?

Mark 8:17

Supervision

• Jesus made his disciples accountable– Jesus checked up on them– Mark 6:30 Debriefing retreat– Mark 8:17 Do you not yet perceive?– Luke 10:18 Rejoicing in success– Work on attitudes and character traits– Affirm their strengths and self worth

Supervision Application

• Planter: Inspect vs. expect– Model: Coaching (Up/Down relationship)– Culture of debriefing and refinement– Separate ministry and ego– Affirm strengths & self worth– Working on short comings – Keep focus on Christ, not yourself

8. ReproductionGo and bring forth fruit.

John 15:16Go and bring forth fruit.

John 15:16

Multiplication

• Jesus anticipated fruitfulness• He expected them to reproduce

– John 15:6 Go and bring forth fruit– Mt. 28: All peoples– Acts 1:8 Jerusalem, Samaria, World

Multiplication Application

• Planter: We must make disciples– Born to reproduce (II Tim. 2:2)– Develop a vision of multiplication– Evangelism: Each one, Reach one– Leadership: 2D (Two Deep)– Church: Beyond four walls– Keep Planting … The Harvest Is Coming!

Startup Team Plan

How will you use Jesus' eight team building principles to build your startup team?

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The End

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