Outline follows Kenn O. Gangel, Team Leadership in Christian Ministry but core content does not.

Leading among your Ministry Peers

Three top flaws leaders tend to engage in while relating to their peers: (a) insensitivity to others; (b) coldness, aloofness, and arrogance; and (c) betrayal of trust. Introduction

A. Getting Acquainted – asks a lot of questions, attempts to understand the people B. Getting Established – build people’s trust C. Getting Rolling – receives responsibility D. Getting Insights – new growth E. Getting Credit – 5 year minimum 1. Stages of Church Ministry Development

1. Stages of Church Ministry Development

A. Know and Be Known by the Key Players B. Never Consider Yourself Indispensable 2. Developing Interpersonal Relationships

A. Team Leadership B. Participatory Leadership C. Biblical Leadership D. Tolerant Leadership 3. Leadership that Affirms Relationships

A. What are the Marks of the Workaholic? Rank yourself (1 to 10: 1 being not like you to 10 being most like you) 1. Inability to accept failure 2. Incessant work patterns 3. Guilt over low productivity 4. Anxiety and depression 5. Subjective standards of success 6. Leisure time guilt 7. Time consciousness 8. Self-denial 9. Future orientation 10. Impatience 4. Relationships and the Workaholic Syndrome

B. Suggestions for Defeating Workaholism 1. See people and respond to them as people 2. Give of yourself instead of things 3. Enhance your sensory awareness 4. Develop a capacity for spontaneity 5. Make yourself slow down 6. Find a pleasant avocation or hobby 4. Relationships and the Workaholic Syndrome

A. Pitfalls in Leadership Selection 1. Availability bias 2. Association bias 3. Agreement bias 5. Relating to New Leaders

B. Process of Leadership Selection 1. Choose the right follower 2. Create an acceptable climate 3. Control the pre-arrival factors 4. Cope with post-arrival factors 5. Relating to New Leaders

C. Numbers 27:12-20 – Lessons: 1. Christian leaders should pray about their colleagues and successors (16a). 2. Christian leaders are divinely appointed (16b) 3. Christian leaders serve in offices of authority (16c) 4. Christian leaders bridge the gap between God and His people (17a) 5. Relating to New Leaders

C. Numbers 27:12-20 – Lessons: 5. Christian leaders serve the people they lead (17b) 6. Christian leaders exercise a shepherding role (17c) 7. Christian leaders should reproduce themselves (18-20) 5. Relating to New Leaders

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