Church staff must learn to do life outside of ministry work together if they hope to lead as a family.

After giving a breakout talk at CMConnect recently, I was asked about practical ideas for things staff can do to create healthy, meaningful relationships with one another.  The purpose is to build family-type relationships.

Why?

So, here are some fun possibilities to consider: 

• Skeet shooting (yup, but not when your Lead Pastor is angry with you).
• Have a staff member (and spouse) over for dinner just to get to know them better.  Be sure to enquire about food allergies 🙂
• Bowling (bonding with fun competition).
• Have a regular staff meeting with zero ministry work on the agenda.
• Pray for each other’s marriages, kids, finances, health, and ministry concerns.  Don’t skimp on time with this!
• Experience a personality assessment together and discuss the results openly.  Talk through what you learn about leading together that you didn’t know before.
• Volunteer in someone else’s ministry area!  This expresses love & appreciation for that leader, and models ‘Kingdom Work’ to the rest of the church.

Would you add anything to this list?

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Note: If you are interested in receiving coaching on this topic or other ministry areas, feel free to contact me at BrentDumler@icloud.com.  I’ll custom taylor something to fit your specific needs.