There is not a single one of us here, pastor included, who doesn't have something yet that he can learn about serving God. We want the axe to be as sharp as we can make it. Ministry Teams A committee is a group of people who decide what other people are going to do. You have to have some committees. For example, you have to have a personnel committee and a stewardship committee.
Someone has to make final decisions about money matters.
So I am not saying that committees are evil. But mostly what a church needs, instead of committees, is ministries. Ministry teams are groups of people with diverse abilities, sharing one mission, all doing the work of ministry, with one clearly defined and responsible leader. One of the things I have noticed in Baptist churches is that, many times, committee chairmen think they are the committee. Sometimes, the chairman makes the decisions and does the work and the rest of the members just have their name on a list.