Cousins states, “To counter those heresies, he urges pastors to return to the biblical concept of leadership and experience a leadershift, a concept of “equipping others, using the gifts God has given you.” William Caldwell also states, “A good administrator is not one who does it all, so that it will be done right, but one who allows others to use their gifts, even if it is not done exactly right.”
We do this through performance standards. In Matthew it states, “His Master replied, well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things” (Matt. 25:21, NIV). As a church we must desire to be faithful in all we do, from the small things to the larger things.
Understandably we know we are not performers, but our expectations and performances in our areas of work must always be moving forward. Certain criteria must be met in order to continually grow our area of ministry. They are the