morning or the week thereafter are preventable.
principle is affirmed in the following scripture… requirements of the role on their team.
problems. From the snarky sound techs to “But he knows the way that I take; when he has Now some of you are probably thinking, “How
insecure musicians, most ‘bad behavior’ tested me, I will come forth as gold. My feet do you do this with volunteers?”, so allow
is solved by understanding that we’re all in have closely followed his steps; I have kept to me to burst that bubble. In my experience, it
different places in our journey and having grace his way without turning aside.” is often easier to take people along when the
Many, if not most of these problems are people
around that. The ‘vision’ that comes to mind
Job 23:10-11 NIV
is of a welder in their helmet working away.
lines between job and ministry are not blurred.
When your ministry becomes your livelihood,
Leaders need to be mindful about not being Our faithfulness is tested in the little things. To things tend to get much more complicated.
blinded by behavior and take a measured me, if I can’t be faithful in serving my leaders in If you ultimately find that you’re not aligned
approach to understand the why behind the the small things, how can God expect me to to the vision of the senior pastor, and God is
what – it works both ways. When people clearly be faithful in the big ones. The small decisions speaking clearly about ‘what to do about that’,
understand what is expected of them on and we make to better serve our leaders are the it is a lot harder to leave a church that’s paying
off the platform, the messes become a lot cobblestones of our walk with God. Leaders your bills. The vast majority of volunteers love
easier to clean up. If a team shares in the senior aren’t always right, but our faithfulness is your church beyond words, that’s their why
pastor’s vision, and understands that team tested in our obedience. When you can unpack behind the what. When we have that revelation
leaders are entrusted to put legs to that vision, this revelation for people, it changes hearts, as leaders it is very freeing. The devil really is in
then ‘bad behavior’ ala the snarky sound tech not just actions. In the light of this revelation, the details. If we allow him to take root there,
(and I love sound techs) takes on a different bad behavior becomes a talking point, not he will erode the unity we spend so much time
light. It’s not about fixing the person, it’s about something that is allowed to fester from week trying to build. So how do we prevent this
aligning people to the vision. If people don’t to week. The enemy loves that, and in so doing from happening exactly? It starts with clear,
like the vision, that’s a different conversation I believe we are allowing him to get a foothold reasonable team guidelines that always point
altogether. Per the one at hand, when leaders in places we never want to. I believe that a back to the why behind the what. By creating a
take people along with them on the journey lot of the bad behavior we see is as much a clear set of expectations before someone joins
everyone stands to benefit from being plugged reflection of poor leadership choices. A clear your team, it is a lot easier to help people along
into the why behind the what. vision leads to clear actions and when people who are struggling, something we all do. Great
get out of alignment with the vision, it provides team guidelines are one of the most powerful
FOLLOWSHIP a framework to speak about unity and bring vehicles we have for transforming team culture,
[WM] is a ministry, and part of my job is to follow people together, not punish them for where they and as a general rule is one of the biggest fails
Bruce Adolph’s lead on things. He founded the are on their journey. When we know our people, I see churches making. In the next installment,
magazine, his vision and faithfulness have made we know where they are on their journey, which we’ll be talking about some approaches for
the magazine what it is today. Submission is gives us insight and opportunity speak into crafting and enacting team guidelines ‘after the
actually a great thing in the right context. I’m people’s lives out of relationship and in so do fact’. In the meantime, thanks for the privilege
submitted to Bruce’s leadership, and to me, this help them find a way to help better serve the of being able to serve you and your church!
March 2019
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