What’s next for the leadership of your church?
The last few years have been tough.
Is it time to strengthen the leadership capacity of your church?
YOUR CHURCH CAN ONLY GROW TO THE CAPACITY OF ITS LEADERSHIP
And it’s more than organizational leadership.
- It’s establishing spiritual and missional leaders so your church can minister to more people in better ways.
- It’s developing to the skill to appropriately challenge and support your people to mobilize them to do what God has called them to do.
BUT THERE IS A RUB
You lack of leaders and a process to develop them.
- You look for people who have the gift of leadership.
- You read books like “The Trellis and the Vine” and “Canoeing in the Mountains” for inspiration and ideas.
- You pray for more leaders to walk through the doors.
AND THERE IS TROUBLE
When the suggestions in the books don’t work as you envision, you continue to plug wonderful and loving volunteers into predetermined ministry slots that may not be right for them.
BUT, they love you and the church so they do it … until they can’t any longer.
Then tell you that they need to take a break AND the cycle repeats.
This is why you feel trapped.
We’ve been there, done that.
THERE IS A WAY OUT
Where did God find his leaders?
- No one heard of Abraham before God called him.
- Esther was a beauty queen.
- David was a shepherd boy.
- Peter fished for a living.
Yet, over time God developed their skill to become leaders.
You can too.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
God is waiting on you to develop your people into leaders.
It’s the way he has grown the church for centuries.
You need to have a proven process that you can trust to develop that skill.
Do you?
Using our process developed over 25 years, we will work alongside you.
No more looking for the silver bullet in the next book.
One of the observations that we have made in working with hundreds of churches over the years is that churches grow on the edges.
“The front edge is evangelism and gathering new people; the back edge is leadership development. When we evangelize and gather new people, we grow the church. When we raise up and multiply leaders, we grow the capacity of the church to minister to more people in better ways.”
YOUR RESULT
When your church grows in capacity:
- Mobilizing people will replace recruiting volunteers.
- People will no longer feel awkward about sharing their faith
- You will notice an uptick in biblical character and knowledge in your leaders.
- You will discover, develop, and deploy leaders from your congregation.
- You will model how to develop leaders.
- Ministries of the church will multiply.
Let’s connect and discuss your situation. Book a call below.
The Ministering to More People in Better Ways Cohort is a transformational 12-month program designed specifically for pastors who want to develop leaders so that their church can minister to more people in better ways. You will build biblical character, knowledge, and skill into your leaders so that they can:
Live missionally: This step, often overlooked, is the key to leadership development and ministering to more people in better ways. You will learn to use the gospel to shape their character and thoughts about how to love people for who they are, not what they do or believe. Skills will be developed to create personal missional fields and to create a culture of sharing life together in ways that are attractive to lost people.
Make disciples: This step is overlooked too. Leaders must make disciples. If they don’t, who will? You will learn to use the gospel to shape their character and thoughts so they will be equipped to be “there” at the right place and at the right time to have a spiritual conversation and eventually share the gospel. Skills will also be developed to create a discipleship process so that your people’s hearts and minds grow closer to Jesus as they obey his will.
Mobilize into ministry: As people move into active ministry, you will help them to continue to shape their character so they stay close and sensitive to God. This key point is essential for fruitful and lasting service. You will also use Scripture to shape their thinking on serving, leading, and mobilizing. Skills developed here include assessing how their gifting, passion, and personality impact serving God and their community.
Lead a ministry: Trials and temptations pop up more often when a person is leading a ministry. You will use the gospel and biblical wisdom to shape their character to resist temptations and embrace trials. Often times when leading a ministry, the leaders will need to share a simple gospel message. They learn how here. You will also develop the skills to form a healthy leadership community for your church.
Lead leaders: Making mature godly decisions when facing crises, problems, relationships, and ways to spend time and money is part of the character of a leader who leads leaders. Leaders will be coming to them for guidance and wisdom with these issues. They will also learn how to apply the Bible to their lives before applying it to others. They will develop the skill to apprentice, mentor, and coach those who they are leading.
Multiply ministries: Core issues and limiting beliefs often appear when a leader plans a new a work, whether it’s church plant, a church ministry, or a non-profit. You will use the gospel and biblical wisdom to help them overcome these. Leaders starting new works must also be firm in doctrine. This is where they learn and polish their beliefs so they may pass them on to those in their new work. Skills you will develop to pass on to your leaders will be how to identify others to join the work, cast vision, pick an appropriate model, and establish plans and timelines.
It takes time to develop the skill to develop leaders. A lot of time.
We have found that you can’t rush developing skill like you can acquiring knowledge.
Remember suicide Greek? You were trained to jam to ton of Greek into your head in a very short period of time, but how long did it take for you to become skilled and effective in using it in your sermon prep? It took a lot of time of consistently working with the language to really become skilled at using it.
Same is true here. We are not interested in jamming a bunch of content into your head. However, we are VERY interested in developing your skill.
On average, about two to three hours a week.
When pricing “Ministering to More People in Better Ways” we considered the following:
- Your energy: The cost of having limited leadership that drains you.
- Your time: The cost of not knowing how to fix the problem in spite of multiple attempts.
- Your congregation’s identity: The cost of people in your neighborhood not knowing you.
- Your health: The physical toll of pastoring alone that sucks the life out of you
- The freedom that comes from figuring it out
- The financial burden: The cost of not developing sustainable leaders over the long haul.
The investment is $2,500.
What Others Are Saying
“It’s often said that every Christian needs a Paul, a Barnabas, and a Timothy relationship in their life. I think this is especially relevant to anyone ministering through our churches. Pastors and ministers are called to be living examples of Christian growth. Too often, continuing education that resembles the relationship Paul had for Timothy is subjugated to an occasional conference or seminar that only solidifies our strengths but also feeds a comfortable bias.
David Zook and Ken Priddy have developed a tremendous opportunity to mentor pastors and staff. Their years of practical experiences have taught them truths that transcend so much of the usual denominational discussions. These guys point back to God’s Word first as their foundation, applies it to daily discussions, and then applies it to future goals both for the church and the members.
I highly recommend the partnership that they offer in pastoring the pastors and mentoring a new staff member. This type of continual education is especially critical as our culture continues to accelerate in changing!”
Jim Helman
Pastor/Church Planter
Downtown Phoenix Church/DTPHXCHURCH
“I’ve known pastor David Zook since 2018 when I started serving as Governing Board Member at Creighton School District. Pastor Zook also serves our School District in many different ways, as well as our community.
This past July he called me to ask how I was, and I opened up to him, sharing not only about our ministry accomplishments but also about certain frustrations.
He then told me he wanted to help me get back on track by re-aligning our church leadership. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I knew I needed help.
It’s been an exciting journey being a part of “Ministering to More People in Better Ways”, full of brainstorming and development of ideas. In very short time we’re moving forward and the refreshing is constant and measurable.
Thank you, dear friend Pastor David Zook, for making yourself available and thanks to your sources for providing what’s needed in order for us to receive such a blessed formation. To God be all the glory!”
Angel Campos
Pastor, Monte Vista Cross Cultural Church
Phoenix Arizona