Pastoral Team Leadership

Book: The Fourth Preacher.

Give pens and notebooks

Discuss.

Next book: The Power of a positive team.

BUILD YOUR 10 MAXIM LIST!!!

I have a passion to build a positive team!

Here is what that looks like.

Cover each other (Ham vs. Shem and Japheth) sons vs. bastards

Accountable to each other

Care for and build each other

Know and work in our place

We are building an organization system right now

Lots of new and exciting things happening

Also, we are building lines of communication and reporting - committed to building healthy culture

Reach out to each other

Respond to each other

Celebrate our wins!!!

I see this group as the special forces unit of the church!

My smart goal for 2026:

SMART Goal: Unified Pastoral Team – The Life Church (2026)

By December 31, 2026, The Life Church will have a fully unified, aligned, and effective pastoral team by:

    •    Establishing a shared pastoral vision, values, and ministry priorities documented and affirmed by all ministers by March 31, 2026

    •    Clearly defining and documenting roles, responsibilities, and decision-making authority for each minister by April 30, 2026

    •    Implementing a consistent rhythm of collaboration, including:

    ◦     Weekly pastoral team meetings (minimum 40 meetings in 2026)

    ◦     Two intentional pastoral retreats focused on unity and strategy by June and October 2026

    •     Providing leadership, communication, and conflict-resolution training for the pastoral team by September 30, 2026

    •    Measuring unity and effectiveness through mid-year and end-of-year anonymous team health surveys, achieving at least 80% positive alignment in trust, communication, and shared direction by December 2026

Bishop Powell: bottom up leadership

Leaders at the bottom of the boat rowing… it’s the energy of the team, direction, power all comes from the bottom of the boat.

This is servant leadership.

I want to spend the vast majority of my time with you!

You spend the vast majority of your time with leaders!

Leaders spend the vast majority of their time with saints!

I lead you, you lead leaders, leaders lead the congregation!

Conclusion:

We are dealing with three primary spirits:

Doubt

Fear

Intimidation

Working together to produce confusion in the church

These spirits work to isolate - individuals, families, small groups - until confusion can overtake a whole congregation!

God has dealt with me very strongly: the way we fight this together!

By reading and studying together.

By fellowship.

By creating a team.

By knowing each other well enough to see the doubt, fear, or anything else attacking us.

By identifying intimidation when it his your brother in the pulpit and dealing with it!