LEAD THE WAY
The Core
9. LEAD (Part 2)

CONNECT

• Connect through care, prayer and loving accountability for previous leadership assignments.

DISCOVER

In LEAD (Part 1), we look at your leadership calling, character, connections, commitments, and capabilities.

In this session, we’ll look at:

1. How to raise others leaders,

2. Your next steps in leadership.

• Watch the 5 Parts / 4 Fields video again.

RAISING LEADERS

2 Timothy 2:2

What you heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will also be able to teach others.

The Who

Let’s remind ourselves what kind of leaders are we looking for.

The How

1. Every one gets to facilitate

• The key to leadership development is to start early—usually earlier than you think. That’s why the Gathering Guide ends with this question: Who will facilitate next time? As quickly as possible, start sharing leadership responsibility. This is the best way to raise leaders and discern who has leadership giftings.

• The added benefit is that those who get to lead become better followers. That’s because as they experience leading (the responsibility and even the difficulty), they learn how to better support those leading.

Everyone gets to play!

2. Everyone Discipled / Everyone Discipling

• The Way believes the following Leadership Sequence best ensures that we entrust The Faith to the next generation of faithful leaders who will also be able to teach others. Why?

Faithful Disciples First
Faithful Disciplers Second
Faithful Leaders Third
Repeat …

• Use FOLLOW THE WAY to raise disciples AND disciplers.

• Why is leadership formation more like a crockpot than a microwave?

3. Focus on one or two apprentices

• For those who present as F.A.S.T. and gifted leaders start:

1. Training them using BE THE WAY and LEAD THE WAY.

2. Giving them manageable and controlled amounts of leadership away and see how people do. Don’t dump them into the leadership deep end. Let them test the water in the shallow end.

• Use the MAWL pattern of leadership training:

  • MODEL

    I Lead / You Watch / We Talk

  • ASSIST

    (Part 1) I Lead / You Help / We Talk

    (Part 2) You Lead / I Help / We Talk

  • WATCH

    You Lead / I Watch / We Talk

  • LAUNCH or LEAVE

    You Lead / We Keep Talking / I MAWL Someone New & Someday You Will Too

(The last step can either be LAUNCH or LEAVE, depending if you’re sending the new leader(s) to start a new MicroChurch or if you’re giving them the leadership of the MicroChurch they’re currently involved in.)

Only those who are given leadership responsibility can become responsible leaders.

• Invite your apprentices to The Way’s monthly Leadership Community Zoom Calls for ongoing training and support as leaders.

• Consult with a Network Leader on the readiness of your apprentice to move into leadership.

• Commission the new leader, launch a new MicroChurch and continue to support these leaders and MicroChurch.

4. Start regular Collective Gatherings with the new leaders and MicroChurches

• Launching new leaders and MicroChurches can be painful for you as a leader and for your MicroChurch. It’s hard to not see people you love on a weekly basis.

• But what about seeing each every 6 weeks (or monthly)? What about getting together again with the new leaders and MicroChurches? What about all gathering together for Worship, Discovery, Community, and Mission? What about planning picnics and celebrating baptisms and going out on outreaches together and so on?

• Collective Gatherings are important because:

1. They help us mitigate the pain of replication by helping us maintain important relationships.

2. They help us realize that we are part of something bigger than just our MicroChurch.

3. They help us foster even more replication of leaders and MicroChurches.

5. Attend the Network Gatherings as well

• A couple of times a year, The Way Network will host fellowship, training, and outreach events.

• Encourage all of your leaders and MicroChurch to participate.

YOUR NEXT LEADERSHIP STEP

• What leadership questions do you have?

• What is your next leadership move?

• Are you ready to sign the Leadership Affirmation Statement?

LIVE / LEAD

• What did you discover in this training session?

Assignment

• Starting apprenticing new leaders.

Continuing Ed Sessions on Lead (Part 2)

• Replicate (Lead-Part 2)

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