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Living, Leading and Developing Fruitfulness

Substantive sessions with persons from the Board of Ordained Ministry (BOM) and the Board of Laity (BOL) have achieved remarkable dialogue about the process of recruiting, assessing, engaging and retaining clergy leadership. These conversations will inform and enhance the required disciplinary work of the BOM (recruiting, vetting, Preparations and Qualifications, etc.) and the BOL (training SPRC’s, best leadership practices, etc.).

Gaining clarity about expectations for clergy and lay leadership, ways to assess and hold one another accountable, and then integrating these new ways of behaving into a comprehensive and strategic plan has been our goal from the outset. These two interrelated diagrams reveal the expectations for clergy and lay leadership in the NTC. Living, Leading and Developing Fruitfulness among clergy and laity emerges from mature disciples and congregations intent on reaching the mission-field for Christ in word and deed.

 

Living, Leading, and Developing Clergy Fruitfulness


Living Discipleship Fruitfulness   Leading Congregational Fruitfulness   Developing Missional Fruitfulness

Discipleship:
• attend to the Means of Grace
Health:
Spiritual
• personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord
• passionate desire to grow deeper in discipleship
Psychological
Relational
• call to ministry recognized by others
• fruitfulness as a principled leader
Physical
Fiscal

  

Core Competencies:
• preaching, congregational care, stewardship, teaching, etc.
• commitment to the church’s mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world
• articulate Wesleyan theology and embody Wesleyan spirit
• understand the culture, context, and history of the church and community
Leadership:
• engaged with the congregation
Management:
• creative and innovative

 

Mission Field
• focus on enabling the church to embrace the church’s mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world "beyond the walls" in the mission field
• connect people with the mission field
Strategies:
• strategic thinker and planner
• entrepreneurial and "outside the box"
Vision-Caster:
• "where is God calling?"

 

The eventual goal of the BOM and BOL Conversation is to provide guiding principles and benchmarks in the NTC so we can reach the outcomes of living, leading and developing fruitful clergy and laity as principled Christian leaders who have a share in transforming the church and the world for Jesus Christ.

Living, Leading, and Developing Laity Fruitfulness


Living Discipleship Fruitfulness   Leading Congregational Fruitfulness   Developing Missional Fruitfulness

Discipleship:
• living lives beyond Sunday morning
• involved in Bible study or small group
• passionate desire to grow
• committed to being a life-long learner
• attend to various other Means of Grace

  

Committed and Accountable to Membership Vows:
• faithfully engaged in the ministry of the church
• praying for the Church (universally and locally)
• making oneself available to utilize gifts and graces
• one committed to the tithe or faithfully moving towards it
Leadership:
• effectively communicates expectations and information
• committed to mentoring and holding others accountable
• following the leading of the Holy Spirit
Management:
• take initiative by seeking ways to utilize gifts

 

Mission Field
• assist in the church to embracing the mission field
• establish Christ-like relationships
• be an intentional witness
Strategist:
• strategically far-reaching (permeating) in mission field
• assist to implement strategy of the church