Recharge Session 10

Multiplying Your Ministry

Session Agenda

1. Reconnect with your coaching group (if applicable).

2. Share a devotion and prayer.

3. From Hero to Hero Maker

Jesus modeled hero making leadership, empowering others to do great things. He was a Hero Maker! David Dummitt says it this way:

“The message of Jesus flipped the world on its head. Many of his teachings are counterintuitive and require paradigm shifts: The last will be first. The greatest person is the least. The leader is the servant. Life comes through death. And the real hero is the person raising and releasing other leaders, the hero maker.”

Recall the 5 Essentials of Hero Making:

Multiplication Thinking – A shift from thinking that ministry happens through my own leadership to thinking that ministry happens through multiplied leaders.
Permission Giving – A shift from seeing what God can do through my own leadership to seeing what God can do through other leaders.
Disciple Multiplying – A shift from sharing what I’ve learned to add followers, to sharing what I’ve learned in ways that multiply disciples (Apprenticeship not
Gift Activating – A shift from asking God to bless the use of MY gifts to asking God to bless the gifts of those I am sending out…no longer filling slots but instead developing individual giftedness and commissioning leaders to use those gifts.
Kingdom Building – A shift from counting people who show up at my thing to counting leaders who go out to do God’s thing.

From Hero to Hero Maker

“The secret to the success of your leadership is you choosing NOT to be the hero of the story.” – Dave Ferguson
I. Jesus was a Hero Maker.
II. 5 Essentials of Hero Making
III. Learn to ask the right questions.
IV. The four most powerful letters in the English language: I C N U

4. Hero Maker Discussion

Discuss the key issues in choosing NOT to be the hero of your church’s story:

How can being a Hero Maker change the culture of your church?
What are the possibilities if Hero Making becomes the new normal?
How can a Hero Maker mentality increase your effectiveness as a leader?
What next steps will you implement to free up leaders to be the next heroes leading your new direction (and making it better)?

5. Celebrate Wins and Progress

Over the ten Recharge sessions, what personal and leadership wins have you experienced?
What are the big wins for your church?
Have you seen quantitative and qualitative growth in your church? Why?
What progress has occurred in your church’s leadership, and among your evangelism, discipleship, missions and worship ministries?
Any other wins and progress?

6. Next Steps

You did it! You completed a long process to recharge your leadership and revitalize your church!

Our prayer is that your investment of time, energy and resources has made a difference in your ministry. Stay connected with your coaching group or build a new network of trusted friends, coaches, mentors and ministry leaders in your area. Walking through the challenges—good, bad and ugly—with trusted friends makes all the difference.

Stand firm and lead strong as you continue to be a Hero Maker in your church and community. We are praying for you!

Discuss next steps with your coaching group (if applicable).

What comes next?
How has your leadership changed through these ten Recharge sessions?
What’s your greatest challenge in the days ahead?

7. Church Leadership Team Check In

Continue to use your Church Leadership Team to evaluate, review and adjust your strategic plan. Our best advice is to build on your plan year after year, creating new strategies and action plans to bring life to your mission, vision and core values. Continue to celebrate wins, progress and success with your team and church family.

Resources

“The 5 Essential Practices of Leaders Who Multiply Leaders” by Carey Nieuwhof