What
might your church look like if its members became
vital, fully empowered partners in ministry? How
can you help them discover and release their full
potential? How would their roles change--and yours?
This seminar will explore how to create an environment and mindset in your church
that turns ministry into a team effort where:
pastors and leaders enable
church members to share in ministry
people's gifts, talents,
and life callings are matched with areas of service
ministry opportunities are
recognized and developed
the culture encourages the
growth of a broad array of ministries
a well-designed system addresses
needs of every kind, both individual and corporate
the pastor doesn't have to
be all things to all people
Utilizing insights and principles
developed by Leadership Training Network, this practical
session will help you make the shift to a church culture
that fosters equipping and team development.
Don
Simmons is Director of City as Parish (CAP),
a regional Leadership Equipping and Development program
of One by One Leadership of Fresno, CA. Don
has served as a management consultant with hundreds
of churches, nonprofit agencies and denominational
groups, specializing in assisting churches to "think
externally." Don served as the director of the Center
for Volunteerism and Community Service at Occidental
College in Los Angeles, and was the founder of the
Nonprofit and Philanthropic Studies program at Biola
University. He has served as associate pastor and
interim pastor at several Bay area churches. Don
is a contributing author of the book The Equipping
Church.
Brad
Smith International Center for Theological
Urban Studies. Brad Smith is the Interim Executive
Director of the International Center for Theological
Urban Studies (ICTHUS). Focusing on developing leaders
in four continents, ICTHUS includes the Northwest
Graduate School with 250 doctrinal students, the
Ray Bakke Leadership Center with several on-going
leadership networks emerging from consultations in
250 of the world's largest cities, and various urban
leadership training projects in North America. Brad
was formerly President and CEO of Leadership Network,
a private operating foundation focusing on church
health and innovation.
