{"id":4209,"date":"2017-04-17T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=4209"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:44:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:44:54","slug":"team-aligning-with-gods-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-aligning-with-gods-purposes.htm","title":{"rendered":"Team Building by Aligning with God&#8217;s Purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 20px; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;\"><em>If you have not read the section of the site on Church Purpose, please do so now in order for this practicum to be most helpful to you. Click below:<\/em><br \/>\n<center><strong><a title=\"God's purpose for the Church\" href=\"\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/church-purpose.htm\">Church Leadership Basics: God&#8217;s Purpose for the Church<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/477311260497640302\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4204 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/team-building-opt.jpg\" alt=\"Team Building by Aligning with God's Purposes\" width=\"309\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/team-building-opt.jpg 309w, https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/team-building-opt-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you want to know how to build a team? Look at teaching in God&#8217;s Word about unity within the Body. Philippians 2 provides\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-building-components.htm\">essential components for team building<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first point, aligning with God&#8217;s purposes, comes from the &#8220;if &#8230; then&#8221; statement in verses 1-2.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Therefore <strong>if<\/strong> you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, <strong>then<\/strong> make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In Christ we stand united but the state of our unity with one another doesn&#8217;t always match our standing in Him. &#8220;If&#8221; teams are going to experience &#8220;any encouragement&#8221; from the unity they have in Christ, &#8220;then&#8221; they must be &#8220;like-minded&#8221; so who they are in Christ becomes what they do.<\/p>\n<h2>Teams Aligning with God&#8217;s Purposes Demonstrate Like-mindedness<\/h2>\n<p>What does it mean to be like-minded? Philippians gives two aspects of like-mindedness:<\/p>\n<p>1) having the same love &#8211; based on God&#8217;s love (agape) not human love<\/p>\n<p>2) being one in spirit and of mind &#8211; based on God&#8217;s purposes not agreeing on every issue<\/p>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/team-building.htm\">Leadership Skill of Team Building<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px;\">You&#8217;ll find some brief commentary on the above points in the <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/steering-church-toward-gods-purposes-leadership-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Steering the Church Toward God&#8217;s Purposes Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a> along with an acrostic using the word TEAM about the kind of unity needed in team building.<\/p>\n<p>For More on These Topics:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/church-purpose-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church Purpose Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/resources-ministry-teamwork-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team Building Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>All Posts about Team Building:<\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-building-components.htm\">Essential Team Building Components<\/a><\/li><li class=\"current\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-aligning-with-gods-purposes.htm\">Team Building by Aligning with God&#8217;s Purposes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-functioning-interdependently.htm\">Team Building by Functioning Interdependently<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-christ-like-character.htm\">Team Building by Exercising Christ-like Character<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-mission-together.htm\">Team Building Leads to being on Mission Together<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-building-power.htm\">Team Building Pulling on God&#8217;s Power<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/gospel-power-to-function-as-a-team.htm\">Power to Function as a Team Because of the Gospel<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/gods-power-functioning-as-team.htm\">The Difference God&#8217;s Power Makes in Functioning as a Team<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/function-as-a-team-because-of-grace.htm\">Power to Function as a Team Because of Grace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/function-as-a-team-because-of-the-holy-spirit.htm\">Power to Function as a Team Because of the Holy Spirit<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/function-as-team-when-praying-together.htm\">Power to Function as a Team When Praying Together<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/power-function-as-team-spiritual-gifts.htm\">Power to Function as a Team Because of Spiritual Gifts<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/perspective-to-function-as-a-team.htm\">Perspective to Function as a Team<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/means-of-equipping-us-for-teamwork.htm\">A Reliable Means of Equipping Us for Teamwork<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/biblical-principles-functioning-as-team.htm\">Biblical Principles for Functioning as a Team<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/be-an-example-of-a-team-player.htm\">Be an Example of a Team Player<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/rise-above-dysfunctional-team-issues.htm\">Rise Above Dysfunctional Team Issues<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/power-in-his-name-to-function-as-team.htm\">Power in His Name to Function as a Team<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to know how to build a team? 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