Directional Leadership Governance & Structure

Directional LeadershipGovernance &

Structure

Core Purpose

Our core purpose today is to understand how an Accountable Leadership approach to church governance will facilitate the implementation and accomplishment of the church’s Mission and Vision.

Objectives:

1. Understand the paradigm or cultural shift necessary to fulfill the Mission and Vision.

2. Determine how the governance or directional leadership single board structure supports the Mission and Vision.

3. Learn the importance of responsibility, authority, and accountability in the single board structure.

4. Determine where existing committees, teams and individuals fit in the single board structure.

CULTURE SHIFT

Structural changes alone will not automatically result in fulfilling the church’s mission and vision.

First Priority:Remaining sold out to your Mission Vision and

Values you hold.

The adage, “if you aim at nothing you will hit it every time” is still true .

We have to understand to whom Jesus desires for us to reach.

Who are the beneficiaries of the church?

Culture Shift

Culture Shift 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." (Matthew 28:18-20)Based upon Jesus. admonition to

his disciples, who are the beneficiaries of the church?

Culture Shift

First Beneficiaries: Those outside the church.

Second Beneficiaries: Those inside the church.

It is not an either/or, but a both/and as to be a disciple of Jesus Christ we are to be about making more disciples.

CULTURE SHIFT To fulfill God’s intended

purpose for a church everything must be in alignment with the mission and vision.

CULTURE SHIFT All ministries are audited at least yearly to ensure it fulfills the mission and vision.

If the ministry does not ,it is given a year to align itself with the mission and vision.

After 1 year, if the ministry is still misaligned, it is discontinued.

This is called accountability.

CULTURE SHIFT

The structure, like a skeleton, supports the mission and vision of the church.

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Typical Governance

Structure

Accountable Leadership Organizational Chart

From Winning on Purpose, by John Edmund Kaiser) And EPHESIANS 4:11-13

Owner: CHRIST 1st Beneficiaries: PEOPLE

OUTSIDE 2nd Beneficiaries: PEOPLE INSIDE Player: THE BOARD

Position: GOVERNANCE Player: THE PASTOR

Position: LEADERSHIP

Player: STAFF MEMBER Position:

MANAGEMENT

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team


MANAGEMENT

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Player: STAFF MEMBER

Position: MANAGEMENT

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

According to Matthew 16:18, whose church is it?

And I tell you that you are Peter, F63 and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades F64 will not overcome it. F65 And I tell you that you are Peter, F63 and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades F64 will not overcome it. F65 And I tell you that you are Peter, F63 and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades F64 will not overcome it. F65 And I tell you that you are Peter, F63 and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades F64 will not overcome it. F65

And I (Jesus) tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. Jesus is the owner of the

church.

Accountable Leadership Organizational Chart

From Winning on Purpose, by John Edmund Kaiser) And EPHESIANS 4:11-13

Owner: CHRIST 1st Beneficiaries: PEOPLE

OUTSIDE 2nd Beneficiaries: PEOPLE INSIDE Player: THE BOARD

Position: GOVERNANCE Player: THE PASTOR

Position: LEADERSHIP


MANAGEMENT

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team


MANAGEMENT

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Player: STAFF MEMBER

Position: MANAGEMENT

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Ministry Team

Accountability Leadership

Matthew 16:18Position Players Functions Metaphors

Ministry MembersOutreach first then care for one another

Teammates, champions,

athletes, etc…

Management Staff Equipping and coordination

Assistant coaches and specialists

Leadership Pastor Vision, direction and teaching

Head coach, or quarterback, captain, etc…

Governance Board Accountability and support

Commissioner, umpire,

scorekeeper & cheerleader

FunctionalAccountable Leadership

Winning on Purpose Pg. 47

While the organizational chart correctly reflects the lines of accountability, it fails to capture the functional relationship of the team.

The Church – The Body of Christ

The Owner is Jesus

Functional Accountable

The congregation is the most dominate player of the team active in outward (1st Beneficiary) and inward (2nd Beneficiary) focused ministry.



The paid and unpaid staff (also knownas management), support thecongregation through equipping and coordination.



Out in front is the Pastor, who:• Leads the Staff

by directing it. (thus the solid line)





Out in front is the Pastor influences the:• Congregation

primarily through teaching (thus the dotted line)

• Board/Council primarily through envisioning (thus the dotted line)



The Board/Council supports and undergirds thepastor to insureeffective pastoralLeadership.



The Board/Councilsupports the pastor by givinghim/her the responsibility andauthority to lead the: • staff through directing,• congregation through

teaching, • council through envisioning.



In addition, the Board/Council holds the pastor accountable tofulfill the mission and vision of the church.

All games have rules or boundaries

As in the game of Basket ball, the Ad Council determines what should not be done by setting boundaries.

The rules of a game do not tell you what you can do, the rules tell you what you can’t do.

Rules give you freedom – Adam & Eve were told what not to eat not what to eat.

Like the basketball player, those leading ministries are given the freedom to operate within boundaries or guidelines.

Setting the Boundaries

Examples of boundaries: A budget – stay within your

budget and you are okay Spending policies A building use policy An employee manual

Where Do I Fit In?

Ad Council

Sr. Pastor

Sr. Mgmt. Team

Vol./Paid Staff Vol./Paid Staff

Ministry Assistant

Sr. Mgmt. Team

Grounds & Facilities Team

Sr. Mgmt. Team

Vol./Paid Staff

Ministry Assistant

MINISTERS

Directional Leadership GOVERNAN

CE LEADER

MANAGERS

UMW

Facilities Team

Landscape

Small Groups

Single Board Structure – Governance

In this structure the authority, responsibility and accountability of the SPRC, Trustees, Finance Committee, and Nominations Committee are invested in the Church Council.

See Disciplinary paragraphs 243, 244.2, 247.2, and 2525.

This structure has been vetted by the Cabinet of the Indiana Annual Conference.

Single Board Structure – 9-13 membersFilling 11 Positions

Council Chair (May also fill one of the following positions) -If incorporated will need to name Vice-Chair who may also fill one of the following positions.)

SPRC Chair – to interact with D.S. for SPRC issues Trustee - liaison to Facilities & Grounds Team Finance Treasurer – if staff person they do not voteLay Leader – who is also the Lay Member of Annual

ConferenceUMM rep Sr. Pastor Youth MemberUMW rep Young Adult rep At-Large - not necessary

Council Chair (May also fill one of the following positions) -If incorporated will need to name Vice-Chair who may also fill one of the following positions.)

SPRC Liaison – to interact with D.S. for SPRC issues Trustee - liaison to Facilities & Grounds Team Finance Treasurer – if staff person they do not voteLay Leader – who is also the Lay Member of Annual

ConferenceUMM rep Sr. Pastor Youth MemberUMW rep Young Adult rep At-Large - not necessary

What does Ephesians 4:12-13 say about the Body of Christ ? 11 It was he (Jesus) who gave some

to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians

4:11-13

2nd Beneficiaries of the Church 11 It was he (Jesus) who gave some

to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

Ephesians 4:11-12

a Plateaued and declining churches routinely

restrict their top leaders to a system of specific approvals.

The better way is to use boundaries as a tool to preauthorize any and all means that are ethical and prudent.

Example: A governing council can create and enforece

guiding principles

All for the purpose to succeed at the mission:

To make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

SETTING THE BOUNDARISo Keeping the rules is not the objective Jesus’

church is trying to accomplish. The objective is to fulfill the mission to make disciples.

o Contextually, for every church it is the accomplishment of the God given vision to fulfill the mission.

o The Council has neither the time nor the expertise to list every thing that can be done.

o Jesus commissioned the Church to make disciples of all nations, not to make decisions of all notions.

Example What happens in your church

today if the children’s director desires to redecorate the pre-school room?

What happens if the Council sets boundaries?

SETTING THE BOUNDARIESo The Church Council establishes the

boundaries within which the Sr. Pastor, staff and ministries may operate. o Boundaries are prohibitions within

which the Staff and ministries operate.

o Boundaries do not tell you what you can do, they tell you what you can’t do.o A budget sets a boundary – stay

within your budget and you are okayo A building use policy sets boundarieso An employee manual sets

boundaries

SETTING THE BOUNDARIESo The Council/Board has

neither the time nor the expertise to list every thing that can be done.

o The Council/Board determines what should not be done.

Single Board Structure – GovernanceGovernance is:

EMPOWERMENT

Those who are responsible and accountable are given the authority to equip, lead and make decisions within their ministry area.

Single Board Structure – Governance

Governance is:1. Visioning2. Support3. Budget/Financial Oversight4. Policy - (building, SPRC personnel

handbook, safe sanctuaries, etc.)5. Establish and insure

implementation of the system for accountability to mission, vision, goals

6. Establish the system for accountability to operational boundaries for pastors and paid and volunteer staff

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Governance Structure

Ad Council

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Education

Small Group

Captains

Small Group Leaders

Adult SS Coordinator

SS Teacher

Business Administrator

Core Values are not•a list of what you believe should be true, •a shopping list of “buzz words on display in the lobby.

• Integrity, Joyful, Positive, Hopeful etc.

Determine Your Core Values

Beware of Accidental Values

Core Values • Are two or three priorities already

evident in your church.• Should take no more than 10-15 minutes

for a leadership team to determine.• Determine the focus of the allocation of

resources• People, Money and Space

Determine Your Core Values

What does Ephesians 4:11-12 say about leadership? 11 It was he (Jesus) who gave some

to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Ephesians

4:11-13

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