These are to exemplify visionary leadership that provides focus, and to engage in relationship experiences that build spiritual and relational passion. Churches should have a lifelong learning approach that builds character and capacity in leaders that improves their long-term effectiveness. Leadership actions tend to empower and fuel the forward progress of churches. Management actions tend to control and de-activate the forward progress of churches. Therefore, it is imperative to see visionary leadership and accountable management as separate types of actions.
Churches depend on volunteers.
These persons need mobilization and support. This may best happen in a small group to team environment. Pastors, staff ministers and lay leaders may need to relearn supervision and motivation skills based upon a small-group approach rather than an individual approach. The ultimate goal of churches is not to grow the church. It is to transform the community it serves or the target groups on whom it focuses.