{"id":2073,"date":"2015-09-01T16:56:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journeyonleadership.brentwoodbaptistonline.com\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2015-09-01T16:56:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T16:56:25","slug":"developing-a-transformational-life-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadership.brentwoodbaptist.com\/adult-discipleship\/developing-a-transformational-life-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Developing a Transformational LIFE Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Jay Fennell<\/address>\n

Effective leaders are people who influence by intentionally equipping and empowering others.\u00a0Ephesians 4:7-13<\/a>\u00a0clearly calls leaders to equip (empower) people so the body of Christ can be built up.
\nIn Developing the Leader within You<\/em>, John Maxwell says: “The one who influences others to follow only is a leader with certain limitations. The one who influences others to lead others is a leader without limitations.” Equipping or empowering people changes followers into leaders.
\nThe core structure of our LIFE Groups ministry at Brentwood Baptist is expressed by the acronym L. I. F.E. L stands for Love One Another. I stands for Involve ourselves in Community. F stands for Focus on God\u2019s Word. And E stands for Engage the World with the Gospel. These are the four functions of a LIFE Group.
\nWhen your LIFE Group is small in number, one or two people may champion each one of these functions, but as the group grows numerically, it\u2019s really important to develop a team of people who can take leadership of each one of these functions. We call this developing a Transformational LIFE Team. In other words, put together a team of people who are using their spiritual gifts to serve the group by championing each function of a LIFE Group.
\nBut how do you put together a Transformational LIFE Team? I want to give you a few pointers to putting together leadership team in your LIFE Group:
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