Dale Galloway, Building Teams in Ministry. Beacon Hill Press, 2000.
Referenced in: Congregational Ministry Teams
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
Galloway edits a series of articles on team ministry from the faculty of Asbury Seminary’s Beason Institute for Advanced Church Leadership, including John Ed Mathison, Jim Jackson, Mike Foss, Jim Garlow, and Carl George. The book is divided into two sections.
- Section I – Multiply Ministry Through Lay Ministers, discusses the broader principles of empowerment and lay mobilization
- Section II – Develop a Staff to Implement Lay Ministry, discusses the change of paradigm necessary for staff to facilitate an empowering model within their church
It also discusses staff development in different size churches, the advantages and disadvantages if hiring staff from within, and constructive ways to prevent staff conflict.
From the Publisher
Some of the world’s best pastors share their secrets for developing and empowering staff and laity in this challenging book. Each of the chapters in this book provide pastors and their ministry staff with tools and advice needed in developing and empower laypeople within the local church. The team approach allows each individual to utilize his/her gifts toward community ministry. This is essential reading for pastors seeking the opportunity to share in ministry together with his or her congregation. Leaders such as Dale Galloway, Jim Jackson, and Jim Garlow believe each person can fulfill their role in the body of Christ and be enriched by working together.
About the Author
Dale E. Galloway is dean of Asbury Theological Seminary’s Beeson International Center for Biblical Preaching and Church Leadership in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the former pastor of New Hope Community Church in Portland, Oregon, a congregation that he nurtured from a handful of parishioners in a drive-in theater in 1972 to more than 6,000 by the time he left. Dr. Galloway has authored 21 books such as On-Purpose Leadership, Starting a New Church, and Taking Risks in Ministry (Beacon Hill Press).
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