Purposes
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How we arrived at the Purposes Model
After recently attending the very encouraging Nexus Conference I thought it’d be helpful to outline how we arrived at the Purposes Model. Back in 2008, we had 3 congregations and 1 more about to kick off. We had a Senior Pastor (Greg… Continue reading
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The Nexus Conf and the “Portfolio Model”
One of the “controversies” (apparently) at the Nexus Conference was comparing the Congregational Model of staffing to the Portfolio Model of staffing. While I was really pleased to see brothers keen to sharpen in their thinking about how to get… Continue reading
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Before you go to a “Purpose model” of church (like the Ms)… resign!
If there’s one aspect of the Purpose model of church structure that you really need to get, it’s that you need to resign as a single Congregation Pastor before you do it. I don’t mean resign in the sense that… Continue reading
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Facilities and facilitators need to know their place
I’m part of this crowd so I can say it. I spend about 80% of my time facilitating more gospel work. That means I build roads, equipment, and supply lines for the armies of gospel workers in our staff and… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #6 : It’s not unbiblical! In fact…
Eph 4 was the kicker for me. Here’s how it goes: Jesus gives certain people to the church; [“Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastor-teachers”] (Leaders) These people are meant to “equip Jesus’ people for works of service” (Training, Mentoring, Encouraging) So, Jesus… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #5: more accessible staff
A common issue raised with the idea of staffing according to purposes is that people won’t know who their pastor is. The first response to this is to passive-aggressively infer that anyone who asks that question has some some sort… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #4: You’re not an all-rounder
So there’s something like 5 big reasons or purposes behind everything we do in ministry… But chances are you have a bent towards 2 or maybe 3 of them. That is, you agree with all the big purposes, you love… Continue reading
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Why you should have purposes #3 : You already do them (probably badly)
If you’re in paid full time ministry, you’ve already thought hard about WHY you do the things your doing. You’ve thought hard about why you spend 10hrs on one thing, and only 2 on the other, right? (Ok well lets… Continue reading
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Why you should staff purposes #2: Not programs!
I’ve spoken to a fair number of people who’ve told me they’ve tried the “purpose based” model of church staff, or sometimes they call it the “portfolio model”. But when you dig a little deeper, it turns out they haven’t… Continue reading
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Why you should staff “purposes” #1: Because you have a team of leaders
If you have a team of staff you should assign them purposes not congregations. In other words; staff “team” = Purpose based model is usually best. The reason for this is kinda simplistic, but it seems it needs to be… Continue reading
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