Another helpful quote from Ken Callahan's book, Effective Church Leadership:"The old myth was, the more people on more committees, the higher the ownership for the local church. The truth was, the more people on more committees, the more meetings that were held and the less mission that was achieved." (ECL, p. 213).
That's a harsh quote, but generally true in my experience.
That's why PBG churches are structured, not around committees, but around ministry teams. How are the two different? Here's a few examples:
1. Committees are appointed by a nominating committee. Ministry teams are gathered by a leader.
2. Ministry teams usually have a starting date and an ending date. Committees usually last forever, whether they're effective or not.
3. Ministry teams actually do stuff. Committees tend to talk more about doing stuff than they actually do stuff!
4. Committees tend to meet once/month (because that's why they've always done!). Ministry teams meet as often as their work requires them to meet, which may be more or less frequently than once/month.
What other differences have you seen and experienced?
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