Growing as a Team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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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