Growing as a Team
A collection of articles by Ray Evans focused on elders & deacons, staff teams, training others, and leading meetings.
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Give Your Best
Give Your Best
Ray Evans
Church leadership is a huge energy drain – especially when sending workers into other ministries. So how can we find the energy to keep going?
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Reviews & Appraisals
Reviews & Appraisals
Ray Evans
How can we get the balance right between supporting church workers and holding them accountable for what they do?
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Action Points
Action Points
Ray Evans
As a church leadership team, you might have lots of great ideas, but how can you make sure they actually become reality?
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Team Structures
Team Structures
Ray Evans
Most churches know that they need to develop effective structures as a church grows. But how do you go about it?
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Developing Deacons
Developing Deacons
Ray Evans
Ray Evans has been considering the role of deacons. How does a church go about appointing them and how does that work in churches of different sizes?
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Developing Elders
Developing Elders
Ray Evans
How do we develop teams of elders in local churches? It doesn’t matter if your church is small, medium or large. This question is always vital.
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Not an Exact Science
Not an Exact Science
Ray Evans
Sometimes it’s not clear what the right leadership decision should be. So here's some guidance from a couple of chapters in Acts.
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Effective Lay Leadership 2
Effective Lay Leadership 2
Ray Evans
In the second of this two-part series, we see how lay leaders can effectively work alongside other unpaid leaders and use their gifts.
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Effective Lay Leadership 1
Effective Lay Leadership 1
Ray Evans
The first part of a two-part series aimed at both pastors and lay leaders. How can lay leaders can be most effective in their calling?
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First Among Equals?
First Among Equals?
Ray Evans
"Primus inter pares." First among equals. In theory that’s what the Prime Minister is. But what about in Independent church leadership?
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A Growing Staff Team
A Growing Staff Team
Ray Evans
If your church grows and you have to take on more paid workers, you’ll need to clarify responsibilities. Otherwise things will soon get overstretched.
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Are Your Meetings SMART?
Are Your Meetings SMART?
Ray Evans
How do you chair meetings well? It’s not something you always learn at College, so here's a tool which may help.
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Team Time
Team Time
Ray Evans
"Retreat!" The word might have negative connotations, but whatever you call it, does your leadership team have one?
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Effective Communication
Effective Communication
Ray Evans
Every church leader is in the communication business. It’s obvious when it comes to preaching, but what about communicating with your fellow leaders?
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Succession Planning
Succession Planning
Ray Evans
What will happen to the church you lead when you move on? Who will take over? Every pastor should be thinking about these questions.
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Candid Conversations
Candid Conversations
One problem in team dynamics is an unwillingness to have frank conversations. So how can you have those conversations in your leadership team?
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