One of the hardest challenges for churches to grow beyond 500 is the necessary transition for staff team members from ministry to leadership. Most of them were hired for their relational skills and have no practical training on developing other leaders who actually do the ministry.
Most churches either simply hire more staff workers or stop growing and never really understand why. Hopefully, your current team can be developed into leaders of other leaders. If they cannot, they may need to transition to another smaller church that is a better fit for they’re gifting. This post by Dan Reiland will help clarity next steps:
“Developing leaders is an art. It’s a great responsibility and one of the most meaningful things you can do as a leader. Personally, I love it!
Developing leaders is life-changing, Kingdom advancing, and spiritual legacy in the making.
It’s nearly impossible to accomplish your God-given vision by yourself, therefore developing other leaders becomes essential.
It’s rare that anyone would disagree with that, and yet a surprising number of leaders acknowledge the lack of intentional development on their staff and among their volunteer leaders.”