Exponential - Bill Easum Session 2

Bill Easum – Developing An Equipping Culture

What is a Culture of Equipping?

- Occurs when leaders live for making sure everyone is serving others at every level of the church

- Mobilizing the congregation is the goal, not filling volunteer slots

Biblical Foundation

- Ephesians 4:11-12

- The only biblical role of the pastor is to equip the church.

- John 21

- The role of the shepherd was 3-fold

- Keep the sheep mobile to find good pasture

- don’t focus on building

- keep fed to make more sheep

- Get the sheep into pastures where they can reproduce

- Protect the sheep from the wolves

The Way Jesus Lived Is Our Model

- His legacy was eleven men who would change the world

- His model was to hang out with them and share himself

- His plan included:

- Spending time ith a small, diverse group

- Choosing leaders based on character and giftedness

- Not woking with everyone nor treating everyone the same

- Singling out people to mentor

- The rule of 10-12

Leadership In A Culture Of Equipping

DNA Must First Be In Place

- Jesus shared his DNA with the disciples

- We must share a clear, simple statement of why our church exists

- Must be owned and managed throughout the congregation

When DNA Is In Place

- Leaders are able to articulate it

- Organization is structured and budgeted around it

- All staff should know how and if God has called them to this DNA

- Staff is hired on the basis of being an equipper

Definition Of Leadership

- It is not in what leaders accomplish but what they cause to happen in the lives of other people

Two Metaphors To Explain

- Think spiritual mid-wife

- Think Coach and Scout

- You Get What You Look For

- Don’t Think Player

- Most staff want to play the game rather than coach people to play

Different Levels Of Leadership

- Leader of leaders

- Leaders of systems

- Leaders of major ministries

- Leaders of programs

- Leaders of committees

- Apprentices in training

- Visitors

A Big Step Toward Equipping

- Let go of actual ministry and move from a “doer” to an “equipper”

- Focus on your “To Be” list rather than your “To Do” list

You Are The Curriculum

Hostage To Teaching Content

- Westerners are hostage to content

- Discipleship isn’t something that can be taught in a classroom

- Christians were first called “followers of the Way” not “People of the Book”

The Two Tracks Of Equipping

- Intentional Modeling

- Modeling, mentoring, coaching

- Content training

- Cognitive training and actual equipping

The BIG Question

- How much time do I spend mentoring future leaders and holding our present leaders accountable?

Equipping Systems

Think Incubator

- People need a warm, welcoming, safe place to grow and mature

You Need A Farm System

- An intentional process that takes people from the market place to the mission field

- A process of watching how people serve in small ministries to move them to greater ministries

- New Hope Christian Fellowship

Farm System Requirements

- A system is in place for:

- Identifying

- Inviting

- Equipping

- Deploying

- Coaching

The Staff Meeting

- Focusing on the “To Be” list

Equipping Staff Meetings Are Different

- They focus on people not programs

- The “To Be” list replaces the “to do” list

Questions Asked At The Meeting

- Who have you added this week to your “to be” list?

- Who have you taken off and why?

- What new guest did you meet this week and what did you learn that we need to know?

- Who is new in the small group ministry and how many new apprentices this week?

- Have the new members this month found their way into the community?

- What are you doing to improve your spiritual health?

Changing The Culture

- Step One – Assess The Church

- What is the current culture of the church?

- How is our culture communicated?

- How does our existing program emphasis reflect our culture?

- What and where is our readiness for change?

- Step Two – Envisioning The Future

- Where do we want to go?

- Who do we want to be?

- Who needs to be involved in formulating the vision?

- Who needs to own the vision?

- Who is responsible and capable of communicating and expanding the vision?

- Step Three – Embody Values

- How do we incarnate our values?

- Where do we need to change/grow?

- How do we facilitate change in our leadership team?

- Step Four – Strategize

- How do we reach our desired future state?

- How do we move churchwide culture toward the vision?

- Step Five – Prepare The Foundation

- How do we lay the Biblical framework and foundation for the vision within the church?

- Step Six – Cast The Vision

- How do we share the vision with the church body so each person can see his or her place in it?

- Step Seven – Affirm Models

- What good models/examples are there within our church to affirm?

Building The System

- Step One – Vision, Strategy, and Team

- What and why are we building?

- What is the vision for gift-based ministry?

- Who am I as a leader?

- What do I bring to the ministry?

- What do I need to take care of myself?

- Where are we now?

- What is in place for:

- Identifying

- Recruiting

- Discovering

- Equipping

- Matching

- Deploying

- Coaching

- Affirming

- Who are the builders?

- How do we select and build the equipping ministry teams?

- Where do we go from here?

- Vision casting and strategic planning

- How do we work together?

- Team dynamics

- Step Two – Integrate

- How do we integrate equipping ministry into our existing church systems?

- What might be the barriers?

- What and who are we willing to lose?

- Step Three – Support Systems

- What software do we need?

- What will be the office strategy?

- Step Four – Connecting

- How will we identify and recruit?

- How do we identify the gifts and match?

- Step Five – Equipping Systems

- Training

- Affirmation

- Feedback

- Evaluation

- Leadership development multiplication

- Recognition and reflection

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