If you\u2019ve read many of our keys to success in your church, you\u2019ll often hear us say that \u201cpeople will support what they help create\u201d is one of our leadership essential. Developing a Core Leadership Team at your church is one of the most successful ways to allowing people to help you create everything your church does \u2013 with everyone\u2019s support. Here\u2019s how you do it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is the Leadership Core?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Core is the group of movers and shakers in your church. It\u2019s everyone who serves or you want to serve at some point. It\u2019s the life blood of your church. It\u2019s people in your congregation who are active members of your church, young and old and representing every sub-group of people. Your core can represent as much as 50% of your church but should be at least 25% of your church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How do you identify and invite the Core?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have everyone on your leadership team, staff and key volunteers make a list of everyone who should be invited to the core. Start with teens in your church and identify the stand outs. You want the teens who are well-liked, influencers, leaders and doing the best they can in their Christian walk. Next think about groups of people in your church by ministry and other categories. Have each ministry in your church identify people within their ministry that are influencers, leaders, good workers and doing the best they can in their Christian walk. Next think about other categories of people such as business leaders, millennials, retirees, singles (if you don\u2019t have that ministry), newly marrieds, empty nesters, hobby groups (like sports groups, bakers, quilters, car club people, etc.). The point is, think about what kind of people, by category they might fit into, are coming to your church and have that category of people represented in your core. Once you identify the categories and people within the category, invite them to a \u201cCore Meeting.\u201d If they ask, \u201cwhat\u2019s a Core?\u201d explain to them they were identified by someone as a leader in the church and someone people wanted to hear from and have weigh in on the future of the church. They will feel honored to be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More Inclusive is Better\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your goal is to have more people in the room than less people. Here\u2019s a key component: Announce on a Sunday morning that there will be a Core Leadership meeting on (say date and time) and announce that everyone who serves in the church in any capacity needs to be there. Explain you will be talking about the direction of the Church and what God is calling your church to accomplish. While making the announcement, be sure to say, \u201cif you have ever led anything, served in any way or consider yourself a leader, please come!\u201d You may think, \u201coh no, everyone will show up.\u201d They won\u2019t. And the more people you have that think they are leaders, the better. There\u2019s one other very big benefit. You want this to feel inclusive. Even more important, at some point in the future someone will come up and ask why they weren\u2019t invited or ask how people got invited. You can say you made an announcement on Sunday to everyone who considered themselves a leader in the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We recommend that you gather this \u201cCore\u201d at least 4 times a year. If you\u2019ve attended one of our free Advanced Leadership collaboratives or read some of our other church leadership documents you\u2019ll know how important the Core is to maintaining a healthy, growing and thriving church. 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It\u2019s the life blood of your church. It\u2019s people in your congregation who are active members of your church, young and old and representing every sub-group of people. Your core can represent as much as 50% of your church but should be at least 25% of your church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How do you identify and invite the Core?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Have everyone on your leadership team, staff and key volunteers make a list of everyone who should be invited to the core. Start with teens in your church and identify the stand outs. You want the teens who are well-liked, influencers, leaders and doing the best they can in their Christian walk. Next think about groups of people in your church by ministry and other categories. Have each ministry in your church identify people within their ministry that are influencers, leaders, good workers and doing the best they can in their Christian walk. Next think about other categories of people such as business leaders, millennials, retirees, singles (if you don\u2019t have that ministry), newly marrieds, empty nesters, hobby groups (like sports groups, bakers, quilters, car club people, etc.). The point is, think about what kind of people, by category they might fit into, are coming to your church and have that category of people represented in your core. Once you identify the categories and people within the category, invite them to a \u201cCore Meeting.\u201d If they ask, \u201cwhat\u2019s a Core?\u201d explain to them they were identified by someone as a leader in the church and someone people wanted to hear from and have weigh in on the future of the church. They will feel honored to be included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n More Inclusive is Better\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your goal is to have more people in the room than less people. Here\u2019s a key component: Announce on a Sunday morning that there will be a Core Leadership meeting on (say date and time) and announce that everyone who serves in the church in any capacity needs to be there. Explain you will be talking about the direction of the Church and what God is calling your church to accomplish. While making the announcement, be sure to say, \u201cif you have ever led anything, served in any way or consider yourself a leader, please come!\u201d You may think, \u201coh no, everyone will show up.\u201d They won\u2019t. And the more people you have that think they are leaders, the better. There\u2019s one other very big benefit. You want this to feel inclusive. Even more important, at some point in the future someone will come up and ask why they weren\u2019t invited or ask how people got invited. You can say you made an announcement on Sunday to everyone who considered themselves a leader in the church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We recommend that you gather this \u201cCore\u201d at least 4 times a year. If you\u2019ve attended one of our free Advanced Leadership collaboratives or read some of our other church leadership documents you\u2019ll know how important the Core is to maintaining a healthy, growing and thriving church. 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