For a ministry to achieve its mission, it needs to fill three roles. Influencers are people who have an ability to get others excited about an idea. They are quick to share the 10 reasons everyone needs to buy into a new concept. Influencers not only get people excited but help a group of doubters believe they can, if they work together, accomplish a mission bigger than they could individually. Influencers are inspiring, opinion leaders within an organization.
Contributors are the people who get the work done.
They are the individuals, if properly positioned, who have the particular skills to deliver ministry so lives are touched and transformed. Without these front-line people, there is no ministry. Managers are the missing persons in most ministries, but they've been designed by God to provide what contributors need to succeed. A manager does not do the work of the ministry but upholds those who do. Day in and day out, he or she patiently keeps the troops encouraged and resourced.