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TEAMWORK AND NETWORKS
Working Together to Produce Reproducing Faith Communities,
and Extending Relationships
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It Need Not Be So Lonely at the Top
Philip Slater in The Future of Leadership
A cliché of the Industrial Age was that it was lonely at the top. But it was only the need to control people that made it lonely.
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Ministry Flows From Community
Leadership is about making connections Authentic community requires
Accountability Encouragement Pooling of knowledge and skills (1Cor 12:18-20)
Mutual enrichment (Rom 1:11,12) Engagement and hospitality beyond the
membership of the group We enhance our potential in relationships
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Dysfunctional Teams
Patrick Lencioni, Five Dysfunctions of a Team
5: Absence of Trust5: Absence of Trust
4: Fear of Conflict4: Fear of Conflict
3: Lack of Commitment3: Lack of Commitment
2: Avoidance of Accountability2: Avoidance of Accountability
1: Inattention to Results1: Inattention to Results
•Distance and Distance and DefensivenessDefensiveness
•Artificial HarmonyArtificial Harmony
•AmbiguityAmbiguity
•Tolerance of Low Tolerance of Low StandardsStandards
•Status and Ego Status and Ego ConcernsConcerns
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Cycle of Distrust
Unmet Unmet ExpectationsExpectations
DistrustDistrust
Self-protective behavior
Perceived disrespector hostile behavior by others
Distrust of others
Self-protective Self-protective attitude by othersattitude by others
Cloke and Goldmith, The Art of Waking People Up, p. 35
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Develop team-building skills
Correct the individualistic, competitive bias
From obligation and willingness to passion and giftedness
First “Who?” then “What?” Maintaining team momentum and
cohesion Team Mix
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Team functions
Tasks and corresponding skills
Team building, direction and momentum
Shepherding individuals
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Household Structure of the Early Church
•Households were not just a domestic, Households were not just a domestic,
but an economic structure of a pre-but an economic structure of a pre-
industrial Societyindustrial Society
•80% of the workforce was indentured80% of the workforce was indentured
•Significance of Prisca and AquilaSignificance of Prisca and Aquila
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• Hendrickson Publishers, 2004
• ThD Dissertation
Eberhard-Karl’s University,
Tübingen,
Germany
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Cities with House Churches
Philippi–Lydia Acts 16:11-15,40; Jailer 25-34. Thessalonica–Jason Acts 17:1-9. Corinth–Stephanas 1Cor 1:16; 16:16, Prisca and
Aquila, Titius Justus 18:7, Crispus 18:8, Gaius And Erastus Rom 16:23/1Cor 1:14.
Cenchrea–Phoebe Rom 16:1,2. Ephesus–Aquila and Priscilla Acts 18:18,19,26. Rome–Aquila and Priscilla, Aristobulus, Narcissus Colossae–Philemon Laodicea–Nympha
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Significance of the Household for Mission
Observable–See them in operation Accessible–Close-by; feel at home Economical–Don’t have to buy or lease
real estate Flexible–Each relates to its context Reproducible–every church can give
birth to other faith communities
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Prominence Of Women In The Life Of The Early Church
9 of the 269 of the 26Paul thinks highly of themPaul thinks highly of themIntriguing case of Intriguing case of JuniaJunia
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People of DistinctionPeople of Distinction
Aristobulus:Aristobulus: grandson of Herod the grandson of Herod the GreatGreatNarcissus:Narcissus: member of Caesar’s member of Caesar’s householdhousehold
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Roman Villa
Seat up to 30 personsCenter of business and manufactureExtended “household:Family membersSlaves and FreedmenApprenticesClientelaAmici–friends of the family
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Insula
ApartmentsAs many as six floorsSingle room dwellingsShops on the first floorBuy meals at the café on the corner
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Taberna
Fourteen excavated in CorinthWorkshopSingle room accommodation
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Communities of the Future
FROM... TO...
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Establishing mid-sized Missional Communities Congregations fail to reproduce
Clericalism Isolation
Cell Groups fail to implement their vision
Clusters Church in dispersion Reproducible
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The Essence of Clusters
Each is a fully-fledged expression of “church”
Each clusters is formed by its context
Provide a context for leadership emergence
Strategy will require local adaptation
UP
IN OUT
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Congregational Clusters
OF
Part of wider expressions of church
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Spiders and Starfish
Vulnerable Spiders
Resilient Starfish
Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom, The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations
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Types of Networks
Chain Network Hub and Spoke All-Channel NetworkDEGREES OF CONNECTEDNESS
Tight Control Close Association Occasional Contact