Leading the Staff of Cadiz Baptist Church, Cadiz Kentucky, into a More Effective Team Based Ministry

Abstract

This project sought to develop a team-based ministry with the staff at Cadiz Baptist Church in Cadiz, Kentucky. Chapter 1 describes a proposal for team based ministry using goals, a church and community context, and the rationale for the project. Chapter 2 examines the biblical and theological principles of team leadership focusing on the ministry of Jesus. Chapter 3 explores the benefits of effective teamwork, including choosing a team, developing a team, and common denominators between effective secular teamwork and effective team-based ministry in a local church.

Chapter 4 gives details of the actual implementation of the project, including a personality test, a spiritual gifts test and question, questions from books, and meetings with an independent group of church leaders. Chapter 5 reviews the effectiveness of the project. The data is analyzed and the goals and process are evaluated.