This is Kerrick Thomas – and for the last 12 years I’ve served alongside of Nelson Searcy as Executive Pastor of The Journey Church. Today we continue our discussion of the power of meetings – are you familiar with these important types of meetings?

There are three reasons why pastors avoid meetings. Do any of these sound familiar?

• “I’m too busy and my team is too busy.”
• “I’ve had bad experiences in the past.”
• “I don’t want to micromanage my team.”

If you’re too busy, you’re just not having the right kind of meetings – the ones that get you on the same page as your staff Meetings can save you time.

SEVEN TYPES OF MEETINGS YOU CAN USE TO EFFECTIVELY LEAD YOUR TEAM:
(To review the first 3 types of meetings listed in Part 1, click here.)

4. Stand-Up Meetings

These are quick check-in meetings. At The Journey we have two types:

• Thursday stand-up meeting: about 3:00pm

We check in with each team to make sure everything’s ready for Sunday. We have a “Thursday Midnight Rule:” everything for Sunday service has to be completed by end of day Thursday.

• Direct reports stand-up meeting: 9:00am every morning

At this meeting, we run through the list for the day.

5. Brainstorming Meetings

In this type of meeting, you have an issue or goal you set (like baptizing 50 people this year). The mission of the meeting is to get as many ideas or solutions on the board as you can (think 50–100).

6. Team Meetings

Break these up into shorter meetings, about 15 to 20 minutes focused on one department or area, so the right people are in the room. Always have a specific agenda for each meeting.

7. Confrontational Meetings

This isn’t an easy meeting to have (as pastors, most of us are people-pleasers by nature), but the more you put off addressing an issue in this kind of meeting, the worse it gets. Schedule this type of meeting as early in the day as possible.

– Kerrick

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.