ARE WE A PEOPLE AT HALF TIME? - Leadership Network
ARE WE A PEOPLE AT HALF TIME? - Leadership Network
ARE WE A PEOPLE AT HALF TIME? - Leadership Network
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I<br />
They say the first step is the hardest. This clichb<br />
especially rings true for the person whose vision for<br />
ministry means having to start from scratch. Fervor<br />
and excitement quickly wane at the thought of all the<br />
red tape separating him or her from their passion.<br />
The "Ustry Incubator," an innovative concept<br />
designed to assist these visionaries, is emerging in<br />
more and more large churches. Given that the startup<br />
phase of a new ministry demands unique leadership<br />
skills - different from the ongoing skills needed to<br />
maintain and he-tune the ministry - the ministry<br />
incubator idea was born to meet these specific<br />
challenges. By pulling together a group of pe~ple who<br />
are particularly gifted and experienced in these startup<br />
issues, minimal time is lost on unnecessary<br />
bureaucracy or false starts and more time can be devoted<br />
to actual ministry.<br />
A typical incubator team might include experts in the<br />
areas of law, fmnce, marketing, real estate and<br />
systems/organizatiom, Ideally, this team commits to<br />
at least one year in helping the individual or $oup<br />
get started. The incubator team invests its collective<br />
wisdom and expertise in doing things that often bog<br />
down the people with the true Man for the ministrg.<br />
Applying for 601 c. (3) status, writing bylaw, fnding<br />
an appropriate facilityPocation, setting up and<br />
recruiting a Board, defining a marketing strategy, etc.<br />
are activities which are second nature to the incubator<br />
team, yet might present a real energy drain for the -<br />
visioncaster.<br />
Because it is leaving in place an established ministry<br />
complete with a capable, functioningboard to provide<br />
ongoing direction, the ministry incubator team is free<br />
to take its entrepreneurial &ills to the next ministry<br />
start-up.<br />
The genius behind tm wept is that it allows<br />
incredibly gifted people, who often have d@lculty<br />
bding opportunities in the church which truly utiie<br />
their professional talents, to put those very ekills to<br />
work for the Kingdam in dimct, concmte ways.<br />
. .<br />
Forums provide an opportunity for peer interaction and idea exchange, a place for<br />
peers in ministry to come together to interact with others in similar circumstances<br />
about common concerns. Selected forums offer enhanced components which run<br />
concurrent with the regular Forum.This enhanced group is limited to those who have<br />
previously attended a minimum of two consecutive or three non-consecutive Forums.<br />
Attendance is by invitation only. If you have at least one year of ministry leadership<br />
experience, are serving in a church with 1,000 or more in adult weekend worship<br />
attendance and would like to receive an invitation, please call us at 800.765.5323.<br />
SEPTEMBER 14- 16 .................. Outreach Ministers ...................................... $295<br />
SEPTEMBER 14- 16 .................. Women's Ministries ...................................... $295<br />
OCTOBER 5-7 .......................... Prayer Pastors ............................................... $295<br />
OCTOBER I I 14 ...................... Business Administrators ENHANCED .......... $445<br />
OCTOBER I I - 14 ...................... Business Administrators ............................... $395<br />
NOVEMBER 9- 1 I ..................... Family Ministries .......................................... $295<br />
NOVEMBER 15- 18 ................... Children's Ministries ENHANCED ............... $445<br />
NOVEMBER 15- 18 ................... Children's Ministries ..................................... $395<br />
DECEMBER 6-8 ....................... Senior Adult Ministries ................................. $295<br />
'This enhanced gathering<br />
enabled an exchange uf ideas<br />
m<br />
a 'mrifletf level. Kkep it up"<br />
Kirt Andarson<br />
Christ Memorial Refamad Chwrch<br />
Holtand, MI<br />
Jim Abrahamson, Kirt<br />
Anderson and Steve<br />
Stroope at the Senior<br />
Ministers Forum held<br />
this past May in<br />
Colorado Springs.<br />
For more infomation on Ministry Incubators,<br />
contact:<br />
Steve Roese Tim Snow<br />
Executive Pastor<br />
Executive Pastor<br />
Irving Bible Church<br />
University Presbyterian Church<br />
Irving, TX<br />
Seattle, WA<br />
972.83 1.8777 206.524.730 1<br />
srr@irvingbible.org tims@ upc.org<br />
Castle during the Senior Ministers Forum.<br />
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