The Results of a Good Team

1.    It will make the ministry BEARABLE for the senior leader. “You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it along. Ex. 18:18

With a team you win together and you lose together…you have can have fun together.

2.     You can increase the number of people you LEAD and CARE for. Moreover you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. Exodus 18:21 might have 3rd point here, go on to…

INSIGHT: Call this The Leadership/Progression: l Lead by example (10s) l Lead other people (50s) if u want to write it down fine, but hurry, maybecjust listen if urva slow writer….l Lead other leaders (100s) l Lead through visions (1,000s)

3.  There is SYNERGY –  “Together our efforts are greater than the sum total of our individual efforts.” A good team believes together they can solve whatever problems come their way! There is power in a team. Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. 
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. 4:12

A team accelerates productivity—you can get more work done together than alone.  Team ministry will Make Your Ministry GROW. Team ministry is hard work—not easy–but it produces better fruit. 1 Cor. 12: 4-12, 28-30 Paul says when we work together as a team the Body grows—there is more ministry that happens to more people.

So, what is a Team in context of the church? = DOING MINISTRY TOGETHER!

3 Great Quotes on Team Building

Native American Prover: A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a group of arrows.

TD Jakes: To be effective in dealing with the challenges of a local church, it takes a team to be really successful. 

Nelson Mandela: After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. And I would add it’s more fun to do it with a team.