Committee Meetings

In light of some organizational name changes made at Annual Conference, our COM Chairperson, Jean C, and I had an interesting discussion about terminology and what it connotes. Many church growth persons are advocating restructuring and renaming church leadership in a variety of ways. Some churches have ministry teams and I am becoming more interested in using that term. It has energy. The word “team” connotes purpose, goals, equal efforts and unity. The word “committee” is lethargic. The image is one of bureaucracy, policy and lots of meetings. Ministry teams focus on ministry with periodic strategy sessions rather than traditional meetings. It is something to think about as we look at who we are and need to be in our long range planning.