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Gene Appel far-reaching implications for the Church. I also think it is a great time. We know that people are spiritually searching. But beyond that, I think it is a great time to be in ministry because historically people cannot go without moorings for very long. NEXT: How has your leadership role changed in the last four or five years and what do you see happening in the future Appel: My own role has changed over the years in a number of ways because the church has changed. We’ve doubled four times in the last 12 years and the general rule is when an organization grows 20 to 30 percent, the organizational structure changes. So that means my leadership role has had to undergo major amounts of change. I have had to learn to know to whom to delegate in the building of our team. I have had to be much more committed to building team leaders, leaders who lead leaders, and engendering in them the vision and values of the organization. Ten years ago, I would have seen my role more as a leader within the church whereas today, I see it critically as a leader of key leaders. NEXT: How has the role of lay people changed over the years and how do you see it changing in the future Appel: It has changed dramatically because the church has changed. Although they believed in the priesthood of all believers 10 or 12 years ago, it was pretty much the clergy doing the work of the ministry and lay people serving on boards, singing in choirs and things like that. What we have tried to say is that every believer has gifts that God put in them and they are significant players in ministry. Early on, we knew we needed to help people discover their gifts so we developed a class in that. But there are all kinds of weaknesses with the class and it led to a lot of frustrated people who knew a lot about themselves but were without a meaningful place to serve and no one helping them. Now we try to look at a three-phase process. There is the educational component. When class is over, a training consultant works one-on-one to help them really understand more about the opportunities. There is a follow-up phase of making sure this person is then making the connection in ministry. Peter Drucker said it so well this morning. We need to see our congregations not as our clientele, but as resources. I think that is so critical. You can say all you want to about the consumer mentality today, but people want to be a part of something that is bigger than themselves. We tend to sit around and complain about the lack of involvement and probably the reason is that we have not appropriately challenged lay people and given them opportunities to serve because when you get it right, they really respond. NEXT: What do you see as the biggest challenge facing the Church in the United States Appel: Right now we are with cutting edge people and we forget that this is not representative of the majority of churches. There is a sense in which we can say, “People are here from all over the country. Look at the great things God is doing.” But the fact of the matter is, five percent or less of the churches in the nation are represented with these kinds of stories. I feel a great personal burden towards the other 90 to 95 percent of churches in the United States that are biblically-based and biblically correct in the essential beliefs of Christianity but totally culturally irrelevant. They cannot communicate the greatest message in the world to a culture that is dying to hear it. And it’s going to die if we cannot give it. “ One of the things that we don’t want to do is allow society to dictate what we respond to. We really try to allow the gifts that God has placed in the body to dictate what we are to respond to.” D. Z. Cofield, senior pastor Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church Houston, Texas The World According to Peter Drucker by Jack Beatty The Free Press 1-800-223-2348 $ 25.00 This recently released biography on Peter Drucker covers over six decades of Drucker’s work from his early writings to his very latest books. It also addresses the role of Leadership Network and its work with pastoral churches. 5
The 1998 Leadership Network Forum Schedule * * * Mission Pastors January 28-30 Small Groups June 3-6 Executive Pastors February 17-19 Worship Leaders August 24-27 Womens’ Ministry March 19-21 Singles Pastors September 15-17 Senior Ministers May 19-21 Business Administrators October 19-22 Senior Pastors Wives May 19-21 Childrens’ Ministry November 16-19 Pastoral Care December 8-11 Four-day forums—$295 *Three-day forums—$225 ▼ P L E A S E N O T E Attendance at all forums is by invitation only. Groups within each forum are limited to 25 people and one participant per church. Participants are senior ministers and other ministerial staff of large churches (1,000+ adults in weekend attendance) who have at least one year of ministry experience in their current position. All forums are held at Glen Eyrie Conference Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. If you would like to receive an invitation or recommend someone to be invited to a forum, please contact Nancy Kiser at the Leadership Network office at 1-800-765-5323 or fax (214) 969-9392. “For me, the number one value of these forums is having a great network of family ministry pastors to relate to. As recently as five years ago, I was only one of a very few family ministry pastors in the Twin Cities!” John Erwin Pastor to Family, Grace Church Edina, MN “Leadership Network has seen the need and provided the network for on-going learnings. For four years I’ve been praying for a network of family ministry people. I couldn’t do without this network!” Tim Smith Pastor of Family Life, Calvery Community Church Westlake Village, CA Family Ministries Workshops cosponsored by Leadership Network In response to the request from participants at the Family Ministries forum, Leadership Network will be offering three one-day intensive workshops for volunteers and paid leaders in Family Ministries. Please call the host church for registration information. March 5 — Fullerton, CA First Evangelical Free Church; Doug Haag, host (714)529-5544 March 19 — Minneapolis, MN Grace Church; John Erwin, host (612) 924-4240 March 31 — Nashville, TN First Presbyterian Church; Mark DeVries, host (615) 298-9503 DAILY SCH. – 3-DAY FORUMS Time Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 7:30 Breakfast Breakfast DAILY SCHEDULE – 4-DAY FORUMS Time Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 7:30 Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast 8:30 Discussion Discussion 8:30 Discussion Discussion Discussion NOON 1:00 Lunch Free Time Lunch/ Conclusion and Adjournment NOON 1:00 Lunch Free Time Lunch Free Time Lunch/ Conclusion and Adjournment 3:00 Forum Begins 4:00 Discussion Discussion 4:00 Set Agenda Discussion 6:00 Dinner/ Forum Begins Dinner Dinner 6:00 7:00 Dinner Discussion Dinner Discussion 7:00 9:00 SetAgenda/ Discussion Dessert Discussion Dessert Discussion Dessert 9:00 Dessert Dessert 6
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