Transcript Enlisting and Developing Leaders

Developing a
Leadership Culture
What would you say your Sunday School is trained
to accomplish?
What would you like your Sunday School to
accomplish this year?
Leadership is the key!
Leadership
The students of your Sunday School model their
leadership. Who do they model?
 Pastor
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SS Director
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TEACHER
Model What You Want
What will these actions produce in Sunday School?
 Tardy teachers
 Unenrolled church members
 No weekly contacts
 No follow-up on visitors and prospects
Lack of enthusiasm for Sunday School
Model What You Want
What will these actions produce in Sunday School?
 Teachers early for Sunday School
 A growing SS enrollment
 Quick follow-up on visitors and prospects
 Classes involved in prayer and ministry
ENTHUSIASM for the ministry of the Sunday
School
Actions Result From
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Leadership modeling what it wants done
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Training the Sunday School leaders what to do
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Inspecting results
Leadership is Intentional
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Leadership does not just happen
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Leaders must focus on TASK
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The more a SS focuses its leaders on a task, the
more effective their SS’s become
Leaders must be
called out
Enlisting SS Leaders
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Leaders don’t just appear! They must be called
out or enlisted
Enlisting is a year-round process
Be on the recruitment trail all the time
Enlist EVERY leader EVERY year
Enlist with a job description
Enlist personally
Personal Enlistment
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Enlisting in the home is best
Do NOT enlist from a sign-up sheet
Avoid enlisting through the mail
Provide a copy of the SS curriculum
If re-enlisting a current leader – evaluate the
past year
Share expectations of the SS in general and the
class specifically
Leader Expectations
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Be early (on time for a SS leader is 15 minutes
early at a minimum)
Attend training sessions
Organize the class for ministry
Participate in leader meetings
Support the goals and ministry of the church
and the Sunday School
Prepare
Training Leaders
Annually
 Participate in association or state clinics
 Annual appreciation banquet
Quarterly, monthly, or weekly
 Ongoing training provided
 Accountability
 Response and feedback loops
Weekly Meeting?
 The goal of leadership development is highly
trained leaders
 Many churches provide NO training for Sunday
School, even on an annual basis (PowerUP
churches report an 652% increase in leadership
training)
 Even annual or quarterly training does not get
deep enough into the organization
Monthly or weekly training provides the Sunday
School leadership with the best opportunity to
discover and discuss the needs of the Sunday
School
Monthly or weekly meetings provide the
atmosphere to dialogue about the Sunday
School’s opportunities
Leadership Meetings
Leadership meetings include:
 Prayer for the Sunday School
 Accountability
 Opportunities for new ideas to surface
 Training
 Assignments – ministry and outreach
PowerUP Model
S – Spend time in prayer
U – Upload the plan
R – Review the Bible study
G – Goals and Objectives
E – Evangelize and Enroll
Advantages to Frequent Meetings
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Promotes stronger fellowship
Needs can be discovered and addressed more
quickly
Provides more accurate information
More changes can be implemented in a shorter
time frame
The Sunday School can make more smaller
adjustments, rather than fewer but bigger
adjustments
Sunday School Leader Meetings
Leadership meetings should focus on…
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Leadership
Discipleship
Community-building
Purpose
Ideas for SS Leader Training
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Evangelism – Share Jesus or CROSS
Baptist Doctrine study – 6 weeks
Lead Like Jesus – 8 weeks
How to make a hospital visit
Inductive Bible study preparation
How to develop an apprentice teacher
Leadership Meeting Basics
V – Vision, communicate vision at every meeting
H – Huddle, meet in age groups and discuss issues
S – Skill, train for a specific skill
Remember…
You get what you train for!
The #1 Factor for Success
Meetings must be valuable!
When leaders are getting value from a meeting,
they will adjust their schedule to attend.
Develop an Annual Plan
In your groups, brainstorm some different topics
that you would like to train your SS leaders to
do.
Develop an annual training calendar at your table.
The Unknown Concept to
Developing a SS Leadership Culture
Your leaders set the pace for your Sunday School
A successful leadership culture draws new leaders
out of the pews
A successful leadership culture is growing the
leaders it already has
Growing leaders is the key to a successful SS
A Key Component to Developing
Culture
FUN & FELLOWSHIP!
Provide at least 2 opportunities per year for SS
leaders to gather for fun!
 Progressive Dinners
 Picnics
 Banquets
 Entertainment
Homework
How frequent are you meeting with your leaders?
Develop an annual leadership development outline
with calendar dates.
What would you say your Sunday School is trained
to do?
Developing a
Leadership Culture