MH 002: Building A Dream Team with Matt Keller and Steve Blair

Welcome to Episode 002 of the Ministry Hangout podcast. Listen and access the show notes below or search for Ministry Hangout on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode, we hear from Steve Blair and Matt Keller in a rich discussion on building leaders and volunteers in ministry. Steve Blair is an...

Welcome to Episode 002 of the Ministry Hangout podcast. Listen and access the show notes below or search for Ministry Hangout on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode, we hear from Steve Blair and Matt Keller in a rich discussion on building leaders and volunteers in ministry. Steve Blair is an Associate Pastor at Church of the Highlands in Alabama. He has served Church of the Highlands for over 10 years and has a passion for getting people engaged in living out their purpose. Matt Keller is Lead Pastor of Next Level Church in Florida. He is also a speaker, leadership coach, and the author of three books.

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Follow Steve Blair: Twitter

Resources Mentioned

Book: God of the Underdogs by Matt Keller
Article: How Redefining Discipleship Changed Everything at Next Level Church by Matt Keller

Takeaways From This Episode

Never settle for a needs-based mentality.

Every church has needs-based issues but we shouldn’t allow those issues to drive what we do on a day-by-day basis. Those issues will always be there but instead, have a ministry-based mindset with Jesus as the head of the church. He knows what all of us need before we even know we need it. Trust God and He’ll help us develop a process, and we’ll find that capacity within the people He’s already given us.

Be believers in people.

Position your whole team (staff and volunteer leaders) to see the leadership potential inside of them. This can change the idea of how you and other leaders in your church see people. Examine your filter: What is the lens you see people through? How do you view the volunteers in your church? Do you see people as the leaders they have the potential to be?

Matt Keller quoted John Maxwell as saying that the average person has no one in their life who they truly believe, believes in them. Posture yourself as a “crazy believer” in people.

Quotes From This Episode

Jesus knows we need 60 users or 200 ushers and if we’ll allow Him to, we can find that capacity already inside of the people He’s given us. [Click to tweet]
A lot of times, the reason we don’t see the fruit we’re looking for is we’re not stewarding well the fruit that He’s already given us. [Click to tweet]
The backbone of everything else we do is that we are crazy believers in people. [Click to tweet]
There’s a wealth of opportunity in the people God has given us. There needs to be processes in place that allow them to self-identify, get on the team, and then be developed. [Click to tweet]
The win is not a number. The win is always a name and a story. [Click to tweet]

About Ministry Hangout

Greg Surratt, founder and pastor of Seacoast Church in South Carolina was regularly having conversations with ministry leaders when he realized that these discussions could provide value to more than just him. Thus, Ministry Hangout was born. Our simple mission to share conversations that matter. We’ll discuss a little bit of everything from lessons learned from churches doing something really well to the nitty gritty of how to develop leaders on your staff to how to use social media for your church to how to foster worship leader development. We want to cover it all and have more conversations that matter.

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