Mission Possible: A Simple Structure for Missional Effectiveness

by Kay Kotan, Blake Bradford

Does your church have more committee positions to fill than people to fill them? Does your church struggle to make timely decisions aligned with the purpose of your church? Do you have a desire to structure your church in order to be more nimble, relevant, and faithful in reaching new people? If so, you have come to the right place!

Meetings are not ministry! Lets get back to doing ministry and meeting way less. In this book aimed at United Methodists, the author provides practical, field-tested steps and processes to simplify your church structure allowing more people to actually be in ministry. Too often churches simplify their structure by only having fewer people gather at the meeting table. But real simplification and accountable leadership that allows ministry to occur with complicated steps takes adaptive change. Kay walks you through both the technical and adaptive changes to simplify your structure for missional effectiveness.

You will find everything you need to get you off to a solid start and through your first year including:
-discerning the change
-why a church may want to simplify
-preparing for the change
-how to structure
-leadership rhythm
-sample agenda
-sample leadership covenant
-sample guiding principles
-accountability
-strategic planning
-communication strategies
-check lists
-FAQ
-and so much more!

Genres: Nonfiction, Church, Leadership

186 pages, Paperback

Published March 29, 2019

About the author

Kay Kotan is the founder of You Unlimited (coaching, consulting and training company) and Impressions Unlimited (mystery worshiper company). She is also the creator of The Greatest Expedition – a collaboration of more than twenty thought leaders providing resources and insights for a congregational journey to develop new MAPS (ministry action plans) to reach new people in your community. Kay has also launched Multipliers’ Movement – a gathering of kingdom multipliers for sharing, equipping, and encouraging.
She is a CoachU and Advanced CoachU Graduate, an accredited coach (PCC: Professional Certified Coach) with the ICF, International Coaching Federation, a Certified Path 1 Coach, and once served on the faculty at Coaching4Clergy. As a passionate lay person, she has a banking background and has been a business owner for more than 25 years. Kotan has served as a church developer for conferences and worked with churches, pastors, conferences, and judicatory leaders across the country for more than a decade. She is most proud to be the wife of Bob for 29 years and the mother of their adult son, Cameron.

Reviews

[Slkcalv · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent - loved the connection between simplified structuring and accountability.

[Kate Paparazzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit redundant

I felt that the book should have shown more of the information in action. Quite a bit of time spent on the why, but not demonstrating the benefits with actual stories.

[Kathleenalford · Rating 4 out of 5]

As I am a member of a United Methodist church council that is structuring our church in the fashion this book describes, the book was very pertinent. I would recommend all United Methodist council members read this book to see if their church could benefit from this simplified structure.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I appreciated not only the logistics of the structure itself but the missions purpose for the transition

[Scott S · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful

Very clear and well written. My church will be moving to the simplified model of leadership after reading this book!

[Kim Kinsey]

Good description of the One Board Model and how to make it effective.

[Kim Coffing]

Very helpful in relaying how & why Methodists (can) organize for community building & mission effectiveness.

[Andrea Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read several different books on simplified structure for churches. This is the one I will present to my leadership as we work towards accountable leadership and focus on our mission.

[Ken · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think church leadership needs to take a strong look at stream lined leadership post covid. This is a book to help.