Ministry Leadership Team (MLT)
As we work together as a church, we have a number of Ministry Leadership Teams to serve our congregation by leading an initiative. Each team of 3-6 people will have a charter that defines the team’s objective and how it fits with other teams and structures at Gateway.
Facilitator
The Ministry Leadership Team leads - the team facilitator serves by helping the team lead. They are the point of contact, and they make sure the team works together and stays on mission.
Term
Each person on a team commits to serve for 3 years. They can serve a second consecutive 3-year term, but then they take a one-year sabbatical for leading in that area. They can still serve in that area, but they need to step off the leadership team for a year. For college students, their terms can be shorter. Terms will follow the calendar year, beginning in January and ending in December.
Leadership Development
Each team will be working to grow leaders who understand how to lead in their particular area with skill, wisdom, and grace. These leaders will come from our whole congregation, so the Ministry Leadership Teams will be composed of young and old, rich and poor, and male and female (Joel 2). Teams and future facilitators will be built in collaboration with the Session every fall so that new leaders can begin in January.
Ethel
Ethel is the name of the Gateway House printer. We imagine she’ll be a vital member of each ministry leadership team. She is exempt from the term limits and sabbatical, as her term expires when she does.
Session
The Session serves each team by helping to weave our entire church’s work together around the mission. The Session runs ahead to see what is to come, in the middle to help keep things moving, and behind to help us learn from failure and catch what falls through the cracks. The Session helps teams stay rooted in their charter, respond to larger changes in the church, and collaborate with other teams.
