Under PBG, church staff are given much more authority for making day-to-day ministry decisions. Though that idea may make some people nervous, it really is a good thing. Frankly, staff are in a better position to make a lot of these decisions, because they're at the church every day.
However, every PBG church needs to ensure that staff are not just carrying out their ministries on their own, oblivious to the thoughts, desires, and ideas of the regular people of the church. To do their jobs well, staff need the advice and counsel of regular members of the church.
My congregation has made this happen by mandating that programmatic staff meet at least twice/year with an "Advisory Council", composed of 5 lay people. Some members are chosen by the staff person, the others by the Senior Pastor. At these meetings, staff present their ministry plans for the coming year and get feedback, advice and counsel.
We're just getting started, but so far it seems to be working really well.
Here's the video we put together for the first meetings of the Advisory Councils. It explains both PBG and the role of the Advisory Councils pretty well.
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