Forming a Team, Part 3 - (Who's on the bus?)

Right now our team is in the process of adding some new members. In the last couple days I have had the priviledge of getting to know a potential Junior High pastor. (a position that is key as we build a student ministry here on the North Campus) One thing that I am asking for is discernment from the Lord on who we bring on. One thing I know: You can always ask someone to revisit joining your team easier than you can ask someone to leave. As Jim Collins says, "You need to have the right person on the bus, and have everyone sitting on the right seat on the bus."

When you’re building a team, you have to remember a team takes time to build. I need to remember that today.

Again, here is what Craig Groeschel Senior Pastor LifeChurch.tv has to say about Teams...

You must be willing:

To fight together. A team that can’t work through conflict will never be a team.

To be loyal to the death. Even though you can fight behind closed doors, you ALWAYS stand together publicly. Disloyalty is never tolerated.

To be transparent. If you can’t be brutally honest about everything, you don’t have a team.

To care for each other. A team that is “all business” will eventually deteriorate. A ministry team must become a family.

To have fun together. I always know a team is not healthy when I don’t hear them laughing often.

Building,

Brian