Organization Structure

Function 1, provides organization to the effort, clearly establishing who is the central leader and divides tasks according to job function. Function 2, provides structure. Even the early church had a structure, chain of command, something that provided the disciples with a central nervous system for the growing church.

Function 1, provides organization to the effort, clearly establishing who is the central leader and divides tasks according to job function. Function 2, provides structure. Even the early church had a structure, chain of command, something that provided the disciples with a central nervous system for the growing church.

This structure is ideal for a church with only a few ministries, one location, routine tasks, and a stable environment. Normally, the “Corporate Figure-Head” would be the pastor with the heads of the various ministries reporting directly to him. Again, this is ideal for churches with fairly mid-sized staff and stable church environments. When does this structure meet its capacity? Let’s look at an example.

Example: Let’s say you have a developed ministry including a men’s ministry, small group ministry, three divisions within youth ministry, a prison ministry, four campus facilities, a budget team, and not to mention the out-bound ministry teams. So at any given point the pastor may have roughly 11or more direct reports, all with different ministry needs. Did I mention that in addition to administering this team of people, the pastor is also expected develop a sermon series and spend ample time in prayer and with his family?

Cross Functional Church Structure:

This is a hybrid of the functional church organization model, with only one exception. This model provides three functional teams with each having a functional team leader. What does this model provide? It allows the pastor to spend time focusing on the direction of the church in prayerful discernment and less time on day to day administration. This also allows the...