The Most Challenging Element in Teamnet Ministries

In my experience of working with Teamnet Ministries in several congregations, I have observed that the idea of a Human Resources Council (a standing personnel committee) is both the most promising within the system, and simultaneously the one that gives the most grief. Some congregations simply cannot escape the paradigms of the past to make the leap from an annually elected Nominating Committee to the idea of a standing personnel committee.

Other congregations, even though they may accept the HRC, tend to quickly slide into routine management mode, focusing more on going through the motions of ministry than on visioning and empowering effective ministry for every member.

In such cases, for Teamnet Ministries to succeed, the model must be modified to fit the needs of the local congregation. It is virtually impossible to simply adopt the entire Teamnet Ministries model and make it work in any given church. Flexibility and adaptability are mandatory attitudes for would-be Teamnet Ministries leaders.