Compliance often appears to be more important than positive results. Although this group of musicians may be called a team, they are too director-focused. Consider an alternative situation in which a senior pastor of a large church is a member of his church s worship team. All the team members have designated roles. The group starts its work for the coming Sunday during the week with everyone contributing to the design.
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Lay-persons are expected to carry out activities which have already been determined by a professional specialist. These professionally designed and centrally initiated programs often are preferred because they are easier to install and control than team ministries created and implemented by active and talented laypersons. But the results are usually less effective because members have not been sufficiently involved in developing their own unique strategies. Characteristics of the Team Model Team-oriented churches are experiencing positive outcomes from their shift to a new team model. Ministry activities are carried out for the most part by the same team members who experienced the original inspiration for the strategy.