Acknowledgement
North Church's Community Group curricula is adapted with permission from Mars Hill Church under a Creative Commons license. North Church is eternally indebted to Mars Hill for providing it with this material.
Community >> Organization __________________________________________________________________________________________
ORGANIZATION Purpose of the Leadership Structure Pastoral Care: The leadership structure provides us with a structure for the pastoral care for all of North Church. The structure has been designed to ensure that every active member of North Church is directly being shepherded by a leader, coach, or pastor. This means that each level of leadership carries responsibility and delegated authority. As a leader you may be asked to participate in some levels of church discipline for your members should the need arise. Ultimately though, we have the expectation and the authority of believers to shepherd one another biblically. Discipleship: The leadership structure provides relationships for discipleship and growth. Every level of leadership should be discipling someone and be discipled. This gives us an avenue for growth and maturation as well as leadership development within the church. This also allows members to rise to the level of their calling with a variety of places to land. Facilitate the Vision: One of the purposes of the leadership structure is to implement the vision and accomplish the mission of the church. The structure is designed to promote ownership of the mission of North Church to the group level as you carry out the mission in your neighborhood. Backbone for Unique expressions: The leadership structure provides us with enough oversight that we can empower you as a leader to employ the concepts outlined in the vision section to express community in new and unique ways. By providing a consistent structure we have freedom in the way community is expressed in particular contexts. What is the structure? The structure is simply: Each group has a leader Each leader has a coach Each coach has a head coach (depending on the size of your church) Each head coach is overseen by a pastor It is important to note that this structure is lived out within the neighborhood strategy, allowing us to accomplish the purposes described above. Below is an organic view of the leadership structure. Function of a Leader in Community Groups For each level of leadership there are different expectation and requirements. Those expectations will fit into one of three buckets. Shepherd: Care for and protect the flock in your charge leading them toward worship of Jesus and maturity as a disciple of Christ. Missiologist: Lead the mission with passion to see Jesus glorified in your city by engaging the culture in your context. Administrator: Organize and plan so that we can accomplish the mission. In the next section we will break down the specific roles and responsibility for each level of leadership.
ORGANIZATION Purpose of the Leadership Structure
Pastoral Care: The leadership structure provides us with a structure for the pastoral care for all of North Church. The structure has been designed to ensure that every active member of North Church is directly being shepherded by a leader, coach, or pastor. This means that each level of leadership carries responsibility and delegated authority. As a leader you may be asked to participate in some levels of church discipline for your members should the need arise. Ultimately though, we have the expectation and the authority of believers to shepherd one another biblically.
Discipleship: The leadership structure provides relationships for discipleship and growth. Every level of leadership should be discipling someone and be discipled. This gives us an avenue for growth and maturation as well as leadership development within the church. This also allows members to rise to the level of their calling with a variety of places to land.
Facilitate the Vision: One of the purposes of the leadership structure is to implement the vision and accomplish the mission of the church. The structure is designed to promote ownership of the mission of North Church to the group level as you carry out the mission in your neighborhood.
Backbone for Unique expressions: The leadership structure provides us with enough oversight that we can empower you as a leader to employ the concepts outlined in the vision section to express community in new and unique ways. By providing a consistent structure we have freedom in the way community is expressed in particular contexts.
The structure is simply: Each group has a leader Each leader has a coach Each coach has a head coach (depending on the size of your church) Each head coach is overseen by a pastor
It is important to note that this structure is lived out within the neighborhood strategy, allowing us to accomplish the purposes described above. Below is an organic view of the leadership structure.
For each level of leadership there are different expectation and requirements. Those expectations will fit into one of three buckets. Shepherd: Care for and protect the flock in your charge leading them toward worship of Jesus and maturity as a disciple of Christ. Missiologist: Lead the mission with passion to see Jesus glorified in your city by engaging the culture in your context. Administrator: Organize and plan so that we can accomplish the mission.
In the next section we will break down the specific roles and responsibility for each level of leadership.