{"id":4803,"date":"2017-12-11T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=4803"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:45:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T18:45:39","slug":"team-functioning-interdependently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/team-functioning-interdependently.htm","title":{"rendered":"Team Building by Functioning Interdependently"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Team<\/a>As a Church we want to see people serve together, to be on mission together. Leaders need to prepare or equip people (Eph. 4:11-12) which not only involves training on the specific ministry they’ll be doing but also helping them learn to work as a team.<\/p>\n

We’ve been using Philippians 2 for some Essential Team Building Components<\/a>. We’ve already noted, from the first two verses, that team building takes alignment with God’s purposes. Unity must be based on who we are and what with have in the Lord, not our own agendas.<\/p>\n

Functioning Interdependently as a Team Eliminates Personal Agendas<\/h2>\n

Personal agendas are born out of our own needs and interests. Consequently, team members must look beyond themselves to the needs and interests of each other, suggesting interdependence, which we see in verses 3-4.<\/p>\n

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.<\/em><\/p>\n

We need each other to be most effective. It’s not about how much “I” accomplish but how God uses “us” to do His work — interdependence, not independence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to the content on this page, the Steering the Church Toward Body Life Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a> points to phrases in Philippian 2 that denote a mutual, reciprocal work on the part of believers one toward the other. It also lists some signs of independence versus functioning interdependently that grow out of this Scripture passage.<\/p>\n

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