Leadership Proposal Part 3 - Logistics

Fort Thomas Christian Church

Types of Leadership - There are five types of leadership functions in our church – Training, Protection, Creativity, Vision and Administration.

• Training – Leading the men’s and women’s discipleship groups, actively meeting with newer believers to build them up, equipping the body in their spiritual gifts for the work of the ministry
• Protection – To watch over the theology being taught within the church. To defend the body against community killing sins (divisiveness, gossip, idleness, unforgiveness, disorder). To intentionally care for the spiritual health of each member of the community.
• Creativity – To come up with creative solutions and add creative elements to different elements of the community. Discovering more efficient ways to accomplish our projects.
• Vision – To discover the direction being given to us by God. To set the direction and overall mission of the various projects.
• Administration – Organizing the elements of the community projects. Delegating tasks to various members of the teams. Making sure there is follow through on the tasks and evaluating the outcome.
  

Positions of Leadership – The above leadership functions will be carried out by the following positions –

Body of Elders – The body of elders are responsible for training the men of the community, protecting the body, and discovering God’s vision for the community

Council of Sophia – The council of Sophia are responsible for training the women of the community, protecting the body and confirming God’s vision for the community.

Project Teams – Project Teams are responsible for leading the body in all the elements of its life – weekly meetings, finances, outreaches, website, etc. Project Team members will lead the church through creativity, setting vision in their project areas and administrating the elements of their projects.

New members of the Elders and Sophias will be appointed by those groups because of the authority entrusted to them and because of their training function. Project Team members are open to volunteers from anyone within the church.

Elders and Sophia will meet once per month at a time scheduled by those groups and they will meet together on the last Sunday of every month from 11-12:30

Every member of the community will either be an Elder/Sophia member of be in training to become and Elder/Sophia.

Vision Meeting – Once per quarter instead of the Elder/Sophia meeting the whole body will attend a “Vision Meeting” from 11-12:30 to discuss big picture ideas within the community.

Project Teams will be designated A or B and will meet every other week from 11-12:30 skipping the last Sunday of every month. Community members can only be an active member of one A team and one B team. Community members can be a consulting member of any number of teams.