A Connections team in your church also helps keep the value of gift-based ministry held up before the church on a regular basis. One Adventist church invites part of the Connections team to join the nominating committee. The two groups work cooperatively. There is a need for both because not all members will go through a gift discovery session. As more churches seek to empower their leaders, another door to service is through the leader's own initiative to recruit.
Leadership initiative happens when a leader directly contacts people to serve.
Each door has a place in mobilizing members for service. The formal committee approach is structured, regular, protects the integrity of the church, and deals best with leadership roles. The gifts discovery approach is also structured, but provides gift teaching. It also holds up the value of teaching gifts and matching members with ministry positions based on gift discovery, not need. It deals best with the bulk of ministry positions in the church.