Date
2-29-2024
Department
Rawlings School of Divinity
Degree
Doctor of Education in Christian Leadership (EdD)
Chair
J. David Judd
Keywords
visionary leader, shared vision, team dynamics, servanthood
Disciplines
Christianity
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Michael Wendell, "Building High-Performance Ministry Teams: Pastors, Ministers, and Leaders of Selected Baptist Churches in Macon, Georgia" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 5222.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/5222
Abstract
This transcendental phenomenological research explored the experiences of pastors, ministers, and leaders of selected Baptist churches in Macon, Georgia regarding the impact of a shared vision on the development of high-performance ministry teams. The study's goal will be to understand how a shared vision can motivate pastors and church leaders to do what is necessary to improve church ministries so they can function in a way that would advance the Kingdom of God. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the experiences of pastors and church leaders in building high-performance ministries. Shared vision will be defined as a clear and common view of the future as communicated to members of a team who let the vision resonate within, with the result being them taking ownership of it (Kouzes & Posner, 2017). The team leadership theory, postulated by Douglas McGregor, and the transformational theory, postulated by James MacGregor Burns, would guide this study. This inquiry will focus on pastors and ministry leaders, the importance of sharing the vision, and the willingness to do what it takes to fulfill the vision, even if it requires modifying actions and activities.
