A Shift in Leadership

Developing Teams

member lends his/her strength to the whole. The devil hates and fears the work of the team. The team can break through where one person cannot. Churches that develop presbyteries and apostolic teams will take on the burden for entire nations and regions. They will have the capacity to touch these regions because they will have teams available to be released. Their governmental structure enables them to reach out without the home base falling apart. People are their greatest resources and apostolic grace enables them to do more than the average church. They become models that can be reproduced and multiplied in other places. Presbyteries to apostolic teams are keys to churches being able to reach out to nations. Presbyteries provide a pool of proven ministries. From this pool, the Holy Spirit can draw and send out. The apostolic team is God's end time strategy to affect nations. The line (measure) of the Church must extend to the uttermost parts of the earth. Our ability to reach out and touch multitudes in a personal way is proportionate to the development and release of apostolic teams. The results of shifting from a pastoral mode to an apostolic mode will be numerous. The very nature of the church will change. This includes its emphasis and lifestyle. The members will begin to adopt an apostolic lifestyle that will change the way they think, act, and live. They will develop a team mentality. Every area of the church will be affected. This includes the preaching, teaching, prayer, worship, finances, vision, and outreach. The messages from the pulpit will change. The content

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