Chapter 11-Maintain an Appropriate Span of Care-the chapter was about the need to delegate. It's very important to do so that you don't get burned out! Give your team the care that they need (TIME).
Chapter 12-Put a Couch in Your Women's Restroom-this chapter talked about designing your building according to the needs/culture of your church.
Chapter 13-Find Administrators With a Touch of "Artist" in Them-the chapter talked about having someone in each key position in your church that is an "artist". Someone who enjoys change and is able to come up with creative and appropriate programs that will help your church move in the direction you want.
Chapter 14-Keep Influencers in the Look With the Inside Scoop-Find your "influencer". They are a key link to successful programs because they think of things you don't!
Chapter 15-Never Launch a Ministry Without a Leader-Identify your "ministry" leader before you start new ministries. This will help your ministry focus on the "primary purpose" and be able to meet it's full potential.
Chapter 16-Don't Be Afraid to Bring in the Hired Guns-Don't be afraid to bring someone in who is a non-biased opinion! Don't expect them to rearrange your reality for you-but know that they could provide some fresh insight!
Chapter 17-Without Systems, All Decisions Rise to the Top-Make sure that your church has certain systems that decisions go thru. By doing this it will help your church continue to grow in the direction of your goals. Some examples that they used were staff handbooks, guidelines, facility schedules, etc.
Chapter 18-Buy the Farm....the Entire Farm-Buy land....accept the land....whatever you get-get all of it. That way when the time comes you have it to build on or have it to sell to help build onto the dreams for the future.
Chapter 19-Staff Ahead of the Growth-The chapter was pretty self-explanatory. You don't have to actually pay someone to staff for your needs-growing or soon to be-they could be volunteer. Either way-this will help your ministry multiply and will help you avoid a nice big headache!
Chapter 20-Be.Clear.Be.Specific.Write it Down-Identify what role each of your staff members plays in the life of your church. If you clearly write down expectations your staff will not only know exactly what needs to be done but it will help them to "soar".
I have enjoyed seeing the practice of "writing it down" into play in a certain church that I go to occasionally and have the privilege of knowing it's leaders. I have observed that before each staff member knew what needed to be done in their specific area-some of them would show up and play on Facebook all day while others would-well-just not show up. It seemed as though the minute there were job descriptions set before each individual the work not only got done, but the staff was more motivated and slowly became more of team players with each other. This is one aspect of ministry that I will implement if I ever have people who work with me that I have the privilege to lead. Knowing what needs to be done gets the job done and helps to form dreams and goals for the future.
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