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Love one another. (1 John 3) The participants of Milwaukee Mennonite Church recognize each ones giftedness for serving the church and the world.
We recognize that leadership is one form of serving.
We acknowledge Jesus as our model: a servant leader, who gave up his life for his friends.
We recognize that leadership has many facets, and that no one person possesses all the gifts associated with leadership.
We seek to benefit from shared leadership and from diverse leadership styles.
We perceive that calling out a few people to a specified term of shared leadership in our congregation will help us live out our vision. For these reasons we have a Leadership Team of 3-5 persons whose responsibilities are: 1. Keep the vision of MMC at the center of our life in worship, service, and decision-making. That is, discern what we need to do to join Gods song. (a) Pray for the congregation.
(b) Have regular contact and discussion with members of other teams.
(c) Discern what issues need prompt attention in organizing our life together.
(d) Call and run congregational meetings. 2. Provide spiritual care for the congregation. (a) Pray for the congregation and for individuals.
(b) Keep the pulse of the congregation.
(c) Give corporate and individual spiritual guidance, e.g., through presence, listening, encouragement, teaching, or preaching.
(d) Coordinate crisis care for individuals. 3. Serve as primary contact with the community, the conference, Mennonite Church USA, and the church worldwide. These responsibilities are for the Leadership Team as a whole. Any one individual may be more or less gifted to accomplish any one or more of the above. Adopted: July, 2007
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