I have ben using Phil 2:1 to look at some of the features which create a positive environment in which a team can work. We shall now look at the characteristics and attitudes of the team itself through the next few verses.
Complete joy
As a team leader on many occasions and in many situations I can [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 13. A United Team
Well, more in fact - but I liked the rhyme!
I have decided to postpone the rest of my series on team building until the New Year. Why? On Friday December 16th the Newfrontiers office will finally close after over 30 years so it seems appropriate for this blog to explain what is happening.
With Terry Virgo [...]
The role of the Spirit
When Jesus returned to the Father he said to the disciples that it was good that he was going away so that the Holy Spirit would come (John 14). How is the Spirit manifest? Apart from his speaking to us and drawing our attention to Jesus in worship he gives us [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 6. Spiritual Gifts
Together > Equipped > Achieve > Mission
Working backwards through the TEAM mnemonic - Together > Equipped > Achieve > Mission - we have dealt with Mission and Achieve. We now need to examine how to determine the makeup and dynamics of the team to allow us to be best equipped to achieve our mission.
Diversity of [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 4. Building a team
As we continue to consider some of the features of working as a team we must start by knowing what we are aiming to achieve. The word ‘Mission’ sounds very biblical but it is also widely used in the secular world, often quite loosely.
‘Mission statement’ is another term widely used in the corporate world. ‘Vision’ [...]
Continue reading about Teams that work - pt 2. What is it for?
The final one
Last week marked the end of the TOAM conferences in Brighton, the home city of Terry Virgo, founder of Newfrontiers. The first biennial Leadership Conference was in 1990, but after the Stoneleigh Bible Week ended we started to hold them annually, from 2002, combining them with Students and Twenties under the banner of [...]
Continue reading about Together on a Mission - the final one
We are approaching a major transition in the family of churches we call Newfrontiers. As we continue to grow God has shown us that we need to become a network of apostolic spheres (as in the New Testament) rather than be centred predominantly on one person, Terry Virgo, the father of Newfrontiers.
In February God spoke to [...]
I have just returned from two days of prayer and fasting with 600 leaders within the Newfrontiers family. Both from these days and from various recent conversations I have become conscious that many in the Newfrontiers family of churches are unaware of some of our roots which go back 30 years. Accordingly, at a time [...]
