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Learn the secrets to building and maintaining a healthy, productive, and unified ministry team that sticks together for the long haul.
Serving as a church leader can be a tough calling. Whatever your role, odds are you've known your share of the frustration and disillusionment that comes with turf battles, conflicting vision, and marathon meetings. You may have asked yourself, "How did it get this way?"
With twenty years of front-line ministry experience, Larry Osborne understands congregations (as baffling as they can sometimes be) and he knows how the best-intentioned teams can become disrupted and disunified. With this book, he aims to shore up the foundation of a healthy team--what does a unified and thriving church leadership look like and how can it be achieved?
Sticky Teams is divided into three main sections, dealing with key aspects of what it takes to develop long-term, efficient harmony:
- Landmines and Roadblocks expose the organizational structures, policies, and traditions that can unintentionally sabotage even the best of teams. You'll discover strategies for managing conflicts and getting around obstacles.
- Equipped for Ministry explores what it takes to get everyone on the same page and headed in the same direction. Chapters deal with practical tips for board, staff, and congregational alignment.
- Communication examines what it takes to keep everyone on the same page, with a special emphasis on some especially dicey areas and issues of ministry, such as conversations about money.
Whatever your situation; from start-up phase, to mid-sized, to megachurch, Osborne has been there. As the pastor of North Coast Church, he's walked his board, staff, and congregation through the process of becoming more genuinely unified, and, because of that, better able to carry out God's design for his church.
With warm encouragement and insight, he shares expertise that most pastors and leadership teams learn only from long experience: how to invest the time to create church harmony and how to lead so that unity is maintained long-term.
Author: Larry Osborne
ISBN: 9780310324645
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Learn the secrets to building and maintaining a healthy, productive and unified ministry team that stays together for the long term.
Serving as a church leader can be a difficult calling. Whatever your role, chances are you've experienced your share of frustration and disillusionment that comes with internecine battles, conflicting visions, and marathon meetings. You may have asked yourself, “How did it get to this point?”
With twenty years of front-line ministry experience, Larry Osborne understands congregations (as confusing as they can sometimes be) and he knows how the best-intentioned teams can be disrupted and disunited. With this book, he aims to solidify the foundation of a healthy team: what does unified, thriving church leadership look like and how can we achieve it?
Sticky Teams is divided into three main sections, covering key aspects of what is needed to develop effective, long-term harmony:
- Landmines and Roadblocks exposes the organizational structures, policies, and traditions that can unintentionally sabotage even the best of teams. You will discover strategies for managing conflicts and overcoming obstacles.
- Equipped for Ministry explores what it takes to get everyone on the same page and heading in the same direction. The chapters cover practical tips for board, staff, and congregational alignment.
- The communication examines what needs to be done to get everyone on the same page, with a particular focus on some particularly risky areas and issues of ministry, such as conversations about money.
Whatever your situation; from startup to mid-size to megachurch, Osborne has been there. As pastor of North Shore Church, he has guided his board, staff and congregation through the process of becoming more truly unified and, through that, better able to fulfill God’s purpose for his church.
With warm encouragement and insight, he shares expertise that most pastors and leadership teams only learn from long experience: how to invest time in creating harmony in the church and how direct so that unity is maintained in the long term.
Author: Larry Osborne
ISBN: 9780310324645