If information is like a car and our church like an intersection, the traffic director in the middle of the flow is our Leadership Team Administrator Jolene Corkwell. Her role is integral in getting the right information and opportunities connected with the right Leadership Team area of responsibility. Those leaders will follow with volunteers, planning, and execution in an efficient, ministry-minded way. This is the engine that will drive the ‘Body Life Dynamic” of our church going forward.
By ‘Body Life Dynamic” I mean organizing our community structure so that our needs are met, our opportunities realized, our pastoral care increased, and our evangelism and discipleship expanded. We want to see more counsel given and more teaching provided. We want an increasing participation in worship, and growing humility and meekness in love. Against a growing environment of insular and polarizing division outside of our church, I pray for more open homes and hearts inside our church as our congregation grows with those God brings to us.
Make no mistake: things will look different tomorrow than they did today. This is because healthy things grow and as they do, they grow past the place they once were. A 20 year old infant is as bizarre as a church which never changes. Faithfulness is not unchangeability. Faithfulness is walking in the sanctifying, transformative, upward call in Christ Jesus that changes us from one level of glory to the next, both individually and corporately.
How we pursue that changing growth in Jesus is together, under the leadership of our Elders and Leadership Team. You the congregation have an integral role in helping. Your comments, feedback, ideas, and constructive criticisms have been and always will be invited. The proper way to communicate what you want to is by contacting our Elders at elders@anchoredchurch.org or talking with any of us directly.
The body life dynamic is reference to how we conduct the business of our community. It addresses how we communicate our needs, wants, and desires. It’s how we get the right information to the right people to make sure follow through happens and follow up is pursued. It’s how we make sure no one falls through the cracks, that visitors get greeted, that prospective members get informed, and how we grow as disciples in the church.
ABCModesto has a dedicated team of servant leaders who oversee important aspects of ministry. We still have roles to fill, but below is a chart that shows who is serving where. This is important for you to understand because when a need or opportunity comes up in your life, this is the team that will respond.
This team of leaders will provide oversight of their respective areas of ministry, work with me address problems and take advantage of opportunities, and work together as a unified team to ensure the highest level of excellence at ABCModesto. The slots underneath each category are for volunteers who want to serve in a particular area of ministry. Volunteers will help ministry leaders develop plans to achieve the goal of a given project and then execute those plans.
How are decisions made at ABCModesto? Decisions are made in collaboration with the elders and leadership team with feedback from the church. Our church is elder led, leadership team implemented. This structure is important because it ensures that the people with the best information are empowered to make the appropriate decisions. You as a congregant are an important part of this leadership plan. We seek a collaborative relationship between members and leaders which is why you are always invited to converse with our leaders. To see how our leadership team works, take a look at the graphic below.
