#22
(Position accountability write-ups)
- Group Leader: a. Leads and guides the Ministry Leadership Group in its life together, the “small group” feature of the MLG. The chief concerns are encouragement, support, relationships, attendance, participation, focus, and nurture of the group. b. Plans for the time and location of the meetings, and in consultation with the Ministry Leader, establishes the agenda for the meetings. c. Leads the worship, nurture, personal sharing, and fellowship portion of the meeting, (The Ministry Leader leads the ministry business portion.)
- Ministry Leader: a. Leads and coordinates the Lay Pastors Ministry in all phases. Phases include: 1) Developing and implementing the ministry. 2) Calling forth, equipping, commissioning lay pastors. 3) Communications to Lay Pastors and congregation. 4) Ongoing equipping of Lay Pastors. 5) Periodic evaluation of the Lay Pastors Ministry. b. Works with the Group Leader to establish the agendas for the meetings c. Provides ongoing liaison with the pastor and/or official board, church staff, church, and the Regional and National Lay Pastors Ministry network. d. Leads and guides in the administrative and organizational functions of the ministry such as manuals, minutes, records, lists, correspondence, budgets, etc.
- Secretary: a. Records the actions of each meeting and promptly provides copies to all members and others who should be kept abreast of actions. b. Prepares and distributes meeting notices and other information. c. Processes incoming and outgoing correspondence. d. Establishes, maintains, and retrieves records, lists and other materials essential to the ministry.
- Communications Coordinator: a. Edits and publishes a newsletter for the lay pastors and others who are to be informed of the activities.b. Writes or arranges for articles, notices and other items for the Sunday bulletin and church newsletter which will inform the congregation, create a favorable image of the ministry and promote its interests. c. Coordinates the communications interface and exchange of ideas with lay pastoral care ministries in other churches, the Regional organization, and the National Network (LPMI).
- Calling Forth Coordinator (Recruiter). 6. Equipping Coordinator 7. Koinonia Coordinator 8. Evaluation Coordinator.●
(Audio/Byeong) Group Leader Leads and guides the Ministry Leadership Group in its life together, the “small group” feature of the MLG. Ministry Leader: -Leads and coordinates the Lay Pastors Ministry in all phases. Phases include: Developing and implementing, Calling forth, equipping, commissioning lay pastors. Communications to Lay Pastors and congregation, Ongoing equipping of Lay Pastors. Periodic evaluation of the Lay Pastors Ministry. -Works with the Group Leader to establish the agendas for the meetings. -Provides ongoing equippng liaison with the pastor and/or official board, church staff, church, and the Regional and National Lay Pastors Ministry network. Leads and guides in the administrative and organizational functions of the ministry such as manuals, minutes, records, lists, correspondence, budgets, etc.
COMMENTS
in relation to MINISTRY LEADERSHIP GROUP TASKS
Else Rodland(USA) says:
As we are heading into advent, I need to slow down and reflect on what this season really means. We are preparing to celebrate the birth of Jesus. God cared so much for us that He gave up his only Son for our salvation. This is where my focus needs to be.
But what about baking, shopping, cleaning and decorating the house? I have to have all that done by Christmas. What about all the work I have to do to get ready for the New Year? Sometimes it feels more like a time of catching up than a time of
anticipating the coming of a great event.
In looking for ways to slow my pace, I came across this prayer tucked away in my filing cabinet. I found it in a PACER newsletter from Frazer Memorial Church in Montgomery, AL.
It is written by Josephine Millard and is called: Forgive me Lord, if I have walked so fast along the way That I could not observe the needs of folks I passed each day Forgive me if my thoughts have been concerned with only me When others had their burdens too and griefs I failed to see God, slow my pace a bit today that I may kinder be That in haste I may not fail another’s needs to see And let me look the whole day through for signs of loneliness That I may drop a word, a smile and leave some happiness.■
InPyu Hong(Korea) says:
I had asked a question about the Lay Ministry to my wife a few months ago. She answered as is very plain and simple on my question, which think how about that get along with ministry as leading with authority that lay people are ministry in church.
“Isn’t it a ministry that is based in the Bible?” was my wife’s answer. I was very surprised about her, who has never taken up theology on such an answer, but I did think that lay ministry is based in the Bible justly if is lay people who know the Bible through plain and simple wife’s answer again. I think the Lay Ministry is the idealist ministry that is based in the Bible like my wife said.
However, there is a very strict division between ordained clergy and ordinary lay people nowadays. When is that division becoming strictly with lay people today?
Retrospect church history because if we see strict division between clergy and lay people that is begun as that gives competence that is not less to each area’s supervisors gradually to cope hereupon that early church receives heresy’s attack via extreme tightness now can.
However, ministry that is permitted to clergy is impermissible to laity up to now. When returning the ministry’s area as well as the Bible to laity completely, genuine innovation can assume that. I had worked at a part-time level which served education for about 10 years at churches and music. Of course, I moved to several churches because they are not available although others who serve steadily in place for a long period do not write ministry of a several teachers in charge pastors that are partners with direct and indirect experience can.
What is the reason that is not implemented without knowing lay ministry as well as Senior pastors that guide the church beautifully? The reason so much lay ministry that it is not easy in ministry climate of South Korea church which rank attention and strict delimit are generalized up to now that go implement may be first reason and the second may be reason that receded gradually in ministry’s spot for about 2000 years that lay ministry that is based in the Bible so much led at now via early church.
Therefore, lay ministry’s recovery right now can not change that lay ministry’s theology over build up and long time slowly improve can. Lay Ministry is the pastoral method belonging to high position most among enforcing ministry methodology at present in writer’s thinking. Because ministry supply and demand was enough to a clergy person patrols several churches and do ministry in former days, clergy’s authority is much stronger than these days.■
Byeong, Melvin University, says:
How do you see this structure in your own organization and ministry? This ministry is effective to produce other ministries I found. One pastor confessed me that he tried to teach, train people with the book, ‘The Purpose-Driven Church’ (author, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, USA), and tried to adopt it into his church but it didn’t work. Of course it does not fit the strategy of 20,000 people’s church into only 100 people’s church. By the way, after a few months of PACE ministry in the church, he tried again to use Saddleback’s strategy to adapt to the lay pastors then surprisingly it work! Because especially for lay pastor, they have learned what the church is and also what the ministry is, so they understood any types of strategy it can be helpful and useful, also useable. Lay Pastors Ministry helped them to open up their eyes to the new way, new approach, and also show them the seriousness of this ministry.
I can call it “ministry engine.”3 One of our staff says this ministry helps to open other ministries, because they, lay pastors, have learned how to start, how to do ministry, and also congregation see this ministry is working, so they think they can do any ministry and they find something new ministry in the church. Let’s say this ministry is caring ministry, people think they need some special ministry for elderly, or some people need special treatment and particular caring, for instance, single ministry in the church, so they want to develop those ministries. Their eyes were opened now.
And another interesting effect was that after PACE training at one church, one deaconess came to church every early morning, even though she has a little baby in her bosom, senior pastor was wondering why she comes to the church every morning and go out for evangelizing, then she responded that through PACE training she is motivated to do evangelizing to the nonbelievers. Even though this is caring ministry but some people get a different grace through and they found another way to use it.
Many pastors say that church growth rely on the various ministries. That is true. Only preaching and worshipping is not enough for church growth, perhaps they need ministries, but they don’t know how to, and then through this ministry they see it what it is and how to do it.■
ADDITIONAL COMMENT
by BYEONG
Is it teachable?: There is a saying that when selecting a leader, or even a small group leader, it should be in accordance with [F.A.T]. F-faithful; A-available; T-teachable; that is, is he faithful? Is he has time? And is he teachable? This seems a bit of an ideal, but it seems like a necessary checklist in selecting a leader.
Being faithful is the case where they work faithfully in their job, and gain trust from people around and from their boss. There is also a Bible saying that whatever you do, do as you do to the Lord. Socially speaking, it is the case of doing more than the amount of salary. Some salaried people do less, some do as much as they get it, and some do more than that, and moreover, they are people who work steadily and hard. As a result of studying successful people, there were many third cases. It means that they are sincere in small things, so they are given the big job. Of course, there are three cases among employees in our Melvin University as well. Some staff members is just waiting for time to go home, some are drinking coffees continually during working hours, and some are wandering to the other’s offices here and there, etc. It must be a common phenomenon everywhere.
The second checklist is “Is he available; time for the job?” Some people are like saying, “Let’s just take it.” He has no intention of not working hard. But he can’t do it because he doesn’t have time. However, there is an example in which an important task is taken care of, and I know the work that takes only a week is possible, but still not job done even after a year. Terrible! Isn’t he supposed to postpone it? If he really doesn’t have time, we can understand. Even so, there is a problem with not being able to make time at all. This is a fatal disqualification in team ministry. Anyway, I’m talking here about someone who doesn’t have time at all. It is difficult to make a team leader who is always absent at meetings, that is, check “Is he available?”
The third checklist, “Is he teachable?” which means that I can paraphrase “can be corrected? Or ‘can be change style? Sometimes there are people who are too stubborn naturally. Once there was a ‘leadership course’ in the training curriculum at Melvin University, which is a top-level course that absolutely requires important leadership and character.
It is a process of granting a certificate and it can be used over the next few decades. So our university decided to select two students from among those who completed the training, but three applied and eventually have decided to make a final decision through a personal interview.
One of them was smart. However, his decisive weakness was too strong egocentric, so he was judged ineligible as a leader that our university wanted, thus he was not selected. He wanted to be selected tremendously. He has even said “I want to do it” for dozens of times. But in the end, the university committee decided. The case of failure to the checklist, “Is he teachable?” Will it be taught?”
As you can see, three checklists are important. Maybe the first question, “Is he faithful?” contains both of the other things, but I’d like to highlight the question, “Is he supposed to be taught?” Also, we might ask ourselves, “are we qualified in these three things?”
긴박감의 필요성
하버드대학의 존 코터 교수(Prof. John Kotter)는 “변화를 이끌라”는 책을 썼는데, 나는 그 책에서 유익한 통찰력과 긴박감에 대한 것을 배우게 되었다. 나는 이 용어를 들어본 적이 없었다. 그러나 그것이 정말 유용하다는 것을 알게 되어서, 여러 번 사용했다. 우리가 알다시피, 긴박감은 사람들의 마음을 움직이기 위해 중요하다. 그것이 존 코터가 긴박감의 필요에 대해 말하는 이유이다.
그것은 우리에게 항상 필요하고 소중한 개념이다. 그렇지 않으면, 사람들은 졸리고 게을러질 것이고, 심지어 처음의 열정이 서서히 사그라질 것이다. 긴박함은 사람들을 항상 일깨운다. 멜빈목사님이 말했듯이 계속 움직이지 않으면, 그들은 움직이지 않으려는 경향이 있다. 그것이 인간의 본성이다. 그는 왜 어떤 사역들이 실패하는지 몇 가지 실수, 잘못을 언급했는데, 그 첫째는 긴박감이 부족해서인데, 한 마디로 너무 안일하게 생각하고, 또 안일함을 일상으로 받아들이는 데 문제가 있다고 했다.
만약 우리가 단기적인 결과를 가져오려고 한다면 우리는 긴박감을 계속 유지할 필요가 있다. 그렇기에 우리는 단기적인 프로젝트를 계속 시도할 필요가 있는데 그것을 완료한 후에는 또 다른 결과를 얻기 위해 또 다른 단기 프로젝트를 시도해야 한다. 그것이 우리를 긴박하게 만들고 또 성취감을 갖게 한다. 그러면 사람들은 그들이 속한 조직에 대한 미래의 가능성을 보게된다.
긴박감이 부족하면 어떤 결과가 있게 되는가! 리더가 새로운 아이디어를 말해도 효과가 없다. 한마디로 그들에게 급하지 않기 때문에 움직이려 하지 않는다. 이런 상황이 오래가면 다시 회복하는데 시간이 오래 걸리고, 또 비용도 많이 들고, 최악의 경우에는 전혀 발전하지 못한다. 왜냐하면 긴박감이 없다면, 한마디로 사람들은 꼭 필요한 것에만 움직이기에, 추가적인 에너지를 사용하지 않는다. 즉 있는 것만 하고 더 이상은 투자, 헌신, 희생을 하지 않는다.
멜빈대학을 세우는 프로젝트에 대해서도 마찬가지였다. ‘나는 스스로에게 긴박감이 충분한가?’라고 묻곤 했다. 특히 학교 건축에 후원해주기를 기대했던 사람들에게도 필요한 질문이다. 그들은 약속한 기금을 준비하고 보내는 것에 대해 긴박감을 느끼고 있는가? 안 그러면 안 했을 것이다.
다른 한편으로, 우리는 리더로서 어떻게 긴박감을 조성할 수 있을까? 이것은 또한 합리적인 질문이고, 다루어볼 필요가 있다. 때때로 외부로부터가 아니라, 우리 자신으로부터 긴박성을 창출할 필요도 있다. 내 생각에, 이미 언급했듯이, 연속적인 “단기 프로젝트”가 하나의 방법이다. 우리는 그 단기 프로젝트를, 비록 작은 것이라도 완전히 달성해야 한다. 이런 단기계획과 그 달성이 반복적이되면, 필요한 긴박성을 지속적으로 만들어 낼 수 있는 것이다.
또 하나, 마감 기한이 없는 결정은 긴박감이 없다. 필요한 경우 소위 작은 것에도 마감일은 필요하다. 그래서 결정과 마감일(Decision과 Deadline)은 손에 손잡고 가야 한다. 그게 사실인가? 그렇다. 일단 사람들이 어떤 마감시한의 프로젝트를 듣게 되면, 그들은 느슨해지기보다는 관심이 많아진다. 만약 그렇지 않다면, 그들은 그것이 심각한 문제가 아니라고 생각하기 때문에 그것을 믿지 않는다. 언제 완료되어야 하는지 확실하지 않다면, 그것은 마감일이 없다는 뉘앙스를 주게 된다. 그래서 우리가 정말로 어떤 일을 완료하고 싶다면 마감일은 꼭 필요하다.
사람들은 언제 진짜 시작과, 언제 진짜 끝을 내야 하는지 알아야 한다. 그러면 거기에 따른 과제와 완료를 위한 책임을 줄 수 있다. 그렇지 않다면, 우리는 자연스럽게 미루고 거의 끝내지 못하거나 결국 평범해질, 또 연기해야 한다는 얘기들이 나온다. 그것은 인간에게 자연스러운 것이다. 그렇다고 의도적으로 밀어붙일 수는 없다. 그렇다면 어떻게 그런 절박감을 만들 수 있을까? 그것이 리더로서의 우리의 임무이다.
나는 항상 긴박감을 느껴왔다. 내가 그렇게 접근하지 않았다면 우리 사역은 여기까지 오지 못했을 것이다. 아마도 나의 개인적인 성격 같기도 하고 또 한국에서 연구소를 하면서 개교회 방문세미나와(약 250교회) 목회자들의 만남에 시간을 맞추어야 했고, 또 나 스스로도 늘 깨어있는 자세가 좋은 것 같아 그랬던 것 같다. 또한 멜빈대학교를 세우는 과정에서
책임자로서 느끼는 부담에서인 것 같다. 어떤 사람들은 아마도 내 스타일에 대해 불평을 했을지도 모르지만, 그것은 그랬고, 그것이 나였다. 하나님께서 내게 주신 사명과 내가 이 땅을 떠나기 전에 그것을 완성하라고 맡기신 것이라고 믿는다.●