In order for the church to be effective in the world it must work together as a team, and that requires the cooperation of all the members of the body of Christ. We must recognize that we are all needed as members of the body of Christ. In the realm of sports today and even in the corporate world, we often hear the terms, team player, team effort. In football, the truly great running backs are usually quick to give credit to the effort of the whole team, especially to the linemen, because they wisely realize a running back's ability to make yardage is dependent upon the efforts of the rest of the team. We often hear players and coaches praising members of the team as a team players.
Teamwork is a quality highly regarded because it is so valuable to the success of the team.
It is teamwork that enables common men to do uncommon things. One of the problems in the church today is its failure to function as a team. Too frequently we the scenario is that a few people, often the very gifted, are trying to do all or most of the work. This is completely contrary to Scripture and always leads, at least eventually, to inefficiency and failure biblically speaking, even when there is apparent success. No matter how gifted or capable, the ones who think they need no one else or that they are basically indispensable, are immature.