Project 2 Pillars » Leadership Development

An External Advisory Board

toddbumgarner — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:15:44 +0000

We believe that the biblical model of church government is that of a plurality of elders. We also believe in the local church functioning as a self-governing body. As a church plant, 2 Pillars Church was started with just one elder, Todd Bumgarner. It is our desire and our goal to move steadily, though not hastily, to a model of a plurality of three or more qualified local elders that have been called, identified, tested, trained and approved. Until that time, the eldership (initially, Todd Bumgarner) will be subject to the Advisory Board to provide accountability as well as counsel and encouragement.

The External Advisory Board for 2 Pillars Church consists of the following three men:

John Ryan, Lead Pastor of Summit in O’Fallon, Missiouri.
Bob Thune, Lead Pastor of Coram Deo in Omaha, Nebraska.
Doug Stevens, Executive Pastor at Core Community in Omaha, Nebraska.

To read more about our External Advisory Board, see our AB_Defined(20091029) document.

Filed under: Building Blocks, Leadership Development

Interns

toddbumgarner — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:14:44 +0000

As a new church plant, we’re taking on a few guys as unpaid interns. These are guys who have expressed interest in being deeply involved, invested, and committed to 2 Pillars Church and a couple of them are also guys who are seeking out church planting experience as they weigh their own call to plant or pastor a church someday down the road. Below is the process we use at 2 Pillars Church for developing internships:

Guy/gal expresses interest in being an intern.
Potential intern completes an application and returns it within two weeks.
The completed application is reviewed.
1. Material reviewed.
2. References contacted.
3. Background check run.
Internship Interview is conducted.
1. Application discussed; expectations discussed.
2. Determination made by 2PC Leadership as to whether to proceed forward.
A customized internship plan is developed in conjunction with a 2PC Staff Member.
1. This plan lays out clear focus areas, objectives, and tasks based on the intern’s responses to questions on the application as well as the tangible needs of 2PC.
2. Plan is reviewed with intern.
3. Intern takes ownership of the plan, makes modifications and resubmits for approval if necessary.

It’s a simple process, but a process nonetheless that allows us to add structure and consistency to our identification of interns as well as the essential step of developing a customized internship plan for each intern. If you’re interested in learning more about the process, you can check out our Missional Intern Application.

Filed under: Leadership Development

Gospel Community Leader Training

toddbumgarner — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:04:53 +0000

Gospel Communities (GCs) will be at the heart of who we are as 2 Pillars Church. Everything we do will flow in, through, and out of our Gospel Communities. As such, the leaders of these Gospel Communities play a critical role in our health as a body. We need strong men to step up and take on these leadership roles thus making a commitment to seeing the Gospel go forth in Lincoln.

This Sunday we will begin our Gospel Community Leader Training Sessions. This first session will be more of a high-level view of our Gospel Communities – what they are, what it means to be a leader of one, what the expectations are, what the training will entail, as well as a look at our process (completing the training does not auto-fit you as a GC Leader).

If you’d like to know more, take a look at our Gospel Community Leader Training Overview which lays out some broad expectations and details and then show up this Sunday at 6pm at The 815. Note: the hope is to quickly move these training sessions to someone’s home as soon as we can identify a host. This first session will meet at The 815 out of convenience until we can get all of the details worked out.

Posted in Gospel Community, Leadership Development