The Evangel Dean Basic Training Resource Handbook

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b. 88.5 % of struggling church plant teams did NOT use a church plant team (52 struggling church plants). 6

C. Why bring a church plant team to Evangel?

1. It affirms the obvious: “A leader leads if and only if followers are following” (assessment).

a. If nobody is following, maybe you don’t have a Team Leader.

b. Interaction with team provides important input for assessment (Stress brings stuff out).

(1) Can the Team Leader make decisions in stressful situations?

(2) Can the Team Leader form consensus?

2. Helps the whole team embrace the vision and make a commitment to the task and to the whole team for the charter period

3. Provides an internal support and accountability system for the church planter

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6 Cited in Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird, “The State of Church Planting in the United States: Research Overview and Qualitative Study of Primary Church Planting Entities” ( The Leadership Network , 2007), 9−10, www.christianitytoday.com/assets /10228.pdf.