Montana Southern Baptist Convention

    "Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field."   -Matthew 9:38

Next Level Leadership Network exists to equip and encourage His leaders to practice biblically-based leadership and ministry strengthening principles as they Answer His Call, Tell His Story, and Change Their World!

Building Powerful Ministry Teams

Ministry leaders experience the key Biblically based principles and practices necessary to become and remain results oriented and relationship building ministry teams. The workshop is designed to assist ministry teams at all levels and to assist church leaders in discovering, developing, and producing high performing ministry teams. This workshop is effective for team leaders, existing ministry teams, or newly formed ministry teams. The ideal time frame for this workshop is 6-8 hours. This allows ministry leaders and ministry teams time to interact with each other and break through barriers that may be keeping them from consistently achieving exceptional results. This workshop can be done in about 6 hours over a Friday night and Saturday morning or an all day event.

 Leadership Greatness

Transforming ourselves into a "great" leader for His kingdom does not occur overnight. It is a journey that starts and ends with the Master, is built up and torn down through circumstances, and it has no finish line. This workshop focuses on equipping and encouraging today’s Christians to be leaders in the home, in the ministry, and in the community that God has placed them. Leadership Greatness is biblically based and powerfully practical. The workshop utilizes hands-on assessment tools, multimedia presentations, group discussion time, and interactive exercises that stimulate learning and application. This material addresses five traits of "great" leadership; Calling, Contentment, Character, Crafting, and Coaching.

 High Performance Meetings

High Performance Meetings is an advanced module of Building Powerful Ministry Teams and builds on the biblically based principles and practices covered in that workshop. Meetings are the playing field of high performance teams, but ministry meetings are often unproductive as we face the need for accomplishing more in less time. We have all attended meetings where one hour of material was packed into five hours; we leave feeling defeated and resentful of our lost time. However, when done well meetings can be a powerful building block for creating committed communities: teams of believers who are dedicated to their purpose and to each other. The combination of these commitments adds up to synergistic teamwork and results when supported by effective meetings.

 Powerful Decision Making

Powerful Decision Making is an advanced module of Building Powerful Ministry Teams and builds on the biblically based principles and practices covered in that workshop. Next Level certified facilitators lead ministry teams through the principles and pitfalls of making powerful team decisions and explore different types of decisions, the nature of consensus, and roles in the decision process. An 8-step criteria-based model for Effective Decision Making is introduced and applied through the use of an interactive case study. This hands-on workshop is designed to assist ministry teams as they seek to use their collective IQ to achieve high performance teamwork.
The ideal time frame for this workshop is 1 day (9a.m.-4p.m.). This allows ministry leaders and ministry teams sufficient time for interaction in order to identify, explore, and discuss the effects of key decision-making principles that leverage desired results in the ministry, whether it is hiring new staff, expanding ministry through building projects, or developing new programs.