George Barna, The Power of Team Leadership: Achieving Success Through Shared Responsibility. Waterbrook Press, 2001.
Referenced in: Congregational Ministry Teams
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
Barna argues that churches often have unhealthy expectations of their leaders, but that leaders often enable this by interacting with their churches in a manner that fosters overdependence. He presents tools to move members from being consumers of ministry to doers of ministry through lay-leadership teams. He discusses the character and competencies necessary for lay leaders, the best practices of successful team leadership, the selection of team “captains,” the transition process, and the land mines to anticipate and avoid. Barna’s books are usually among the best on their subjects.
From the Publisher
Most leadership in today’s churches comes from ‘solo practitioners’—individuals who bear the burden of providing all the direction the ministry they direct requires. Inevitably, this results not only in burned-out leaders, but underutilized lay people who merely attend and observe rather than becoming actively engaged in ministry, growing in discipleship, and freeing professional staff to focus on pastoral priorities.
In The Power of Team Leadership, noted researcher George Barna demonstrates the incredible difference lay-team leadership can make in a church’s ministry. Based on Barna’s latest national studies, the book sets forth clearly what churches need to know in order to recruit, train, and deploy lay leadership teams for maximum effectiveness in the Kingdom of God.
About the Author
George Barna is president of Barna Research Group, Ltd., a marketing research firm located in Ventura, California. He has conducted research for hundreds of churches and parachurch ministries as well as Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations. A best-selling author and frequent speaker at conferences around the world, Barna has taught at universities and seminaries and has served as a pastor at a large, multi-ethnic church.
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