Missional Community Leaders

AKA Catalytic Coaches

2 Timothy 2:2. What you have heard from me… entrust to faithfulmen who will be able to teach others also.

What a Missional Community Leader is: a Catalytic Coach

“Missional Community Leaders (Catalytic Coaches) exist in each community to serve and empower the community while modeling the kind of loving and productive relationships Endeavor is known for.”

Ephesians 4:11-12. And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12toequip the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.

1 Peter 5:1-3. To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ's sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers-not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

Key Leadership Posture

As a leader of a Missional Community you need to think like a Church Planter with a Core Group

  • Ask yourself, “If this group were to eventually become a core group of a new church plant, what would I do?”
  • Keep in mind that you will need to train and prepare for the ministry of making disciples and the leadership of new Missional Communities.
  • Prepare them to be a new expression of the Church someday.

Missional Community Leaders

AKA Catalytic Coaches

2 Timothy 2:2. What you have heard from me… entrust to faithfulmen who will be able to teach others also.

What a Missional Community Leader is: a Catalytic Coach

“Missional Community Leaders (Catalytic Coaches) exist in each community to serve and empower the community while modeling the kind of loving and productive relationships Endeavor is known for.”

Ephesians 4:11-12. And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12toequip the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.

1 Peter 5:1-3. To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ's sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers-not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

Key Leadership Posture

As a leader of a Missional Community you need to think like a Church Planter with a Core Group

  • Ask yourself, “If this group were to eventually become a core group of a new church plant, what would I do?”
  • Keep in mind that you will need to train and prepare for the ministry of making disciples and the leadership of new Missional Communities.
  • Prepare them to be a new expression of the Church someday.

Key Role of Missional Community Leaders

To Shepherd a Missional Community

  • Think of yourself as a Pastor over a small church
  • Regularly pray for and consider how to best shepherd those under your care
  • Intentionally disciple each person under your care

Leadership’s Expectations of Missional Community Leaders

Their role includes, but is not limited to:

  1. Clarifying and reminding the group of the overall vision of Endeavor and the vision of the particular Missional Community that he/she is a leader of
  2. Leading the group in discussions on how to live in loving and productive relationships with Jesus (Christ), each other (Community) and the lost in their spheres of influence (Culture).
  3. Leading consistent evaluation of how the group is doing with said relationships
  4. Calendarizing events
  5. Identifying, developing and keeping accountable individuals who can take ownership of certain roles in the community (such as leading discussions, service opportunities, networking within the community and with key people in the mission field, hosts, etc.)
  6. Leading in keeping Jesus at the center of community life
  7. Leading in submission to Endeavor leadership and promoting full engagement in body life

Key Role of Missional Community Leaders

To Shepherd a Missional Community

  • Think of yourself as a Pastor over a small church
  • Regularly pray for and consider how to best shepherd those under your care
  • Intentionally disciple each person under your care

Leadership’s Expectations of Missional Community Leaders

Their role includes, but is not limited to:

1. Clarifying and reminding the group of the overall vision of Endeavor and the vision of the particular Missional Community that he/she is a leader of

2. Leading the group in discussions on how to live in loving and productive relationships with Jesus (Christ), each other (Community) and the lost in their spheres of influence (Culture).

3. Leading consistent evaluation of how the group is doing with said relationships

4. Calendarizing events

5. Identifying, developing and keeping accountable individuals who can take ownership of certain roles in the community (such as leading discussions, service opportunities, networking within the community and with key people in the mission field, hosts, etc.)

6. Leading in keeping Jesus at the center of community life

7. Leading in submission to Endeavor leadership and promoting full engagement in body life