Missional Community Leader Role Description
The primary focus of your MC is making disciples of Jesus who make disciples.
With this focus, the goal is to multiply your MC into two MCs within 12 months.
Personal Discipleship
- Daily prayer and reflection on the gospel in your own life. (What is God saying and teaching you today?)
- Regular time in the Word (What are you studying? What are you learning?)
- Participation in 10 of 12 monthly MC Leaders trainings (or engage 80% of the training if delivered differently)
- Participation in Soma School (once before or within 1st year of leading a MC)
- Participation in a gospel-centered finance and budget class
- Consistent (at least monthly) and substantive communication with your coach/elder
- Personal Quarterly Evaluation
Leading Others in Discipleship
- Identify a co-leader(s) in your MC and prepare them to lead their own MC when you multiply.
- You have several (2-3+) relationships with not-yet-believers that you are intentionally discipling to Christ. (You have a plan on what your next steps with that person are) [Missionary]
- You are aware of and helping to facilitate everyone in your MC having at least 1 person they are intentionally discipling to Christ. (You are helping them with an intentional plan) [Missionary]
- MRI for each person completed and a personal discipleship plan going forward (You have discussed the MRI and the persons personal goals and plan with them) [Learner]
- Monthly check-in with your people on how they are proceeding in their personal discipleship and discipleship of others
- Facilitate regular, weekly contact among the people in your MC (not including your weekly dinner) so that you live increasing like a family on mission [Family]
- Prayer for each individual in MC – weekly at minimum (Keep a prayer journal including 3 things:
- 1) Prayer requests you have made to God on a persons behalf; 2) Answered prayers; 3) What God is saying to you about that person. [Family/Listen]
- DNA—quarterly review (Is everyone in a DNA group? Update your records for this. If in DNA 2.0 how is that going and when will they be multiplying?)
- Regularly ask how your people are doing at being servants? Who have they personally blessed this week? (The Rhythm of 'Bless' is an important indicator for seeing if a person is prayerfully, intentionally listening to God on behalf of others and being obedient to his call. Lead your people to seek to bless at least 3 people each week and make time to listen to and celebrate these blessings!) [Servant/Bless]
Leading a Community of Disciples
- Creation and adoption of MC covenant with detailed mission included (your coach/elder can give you templates and sample covenants that will assist you in this process) [Missionary]
- Regular review (at least monthly) of MC covenant and assessment of effectiveness. Celebrate the “wins” and evidences of grace in each of the Identity & Rhythms. (How are we doing at living out our identity in gospel rhythms and keeping our covenant?) [Family, Missionary, Servant, Learner]
- Regularly leading your people in: [Missionary]
- Prayer for not-yet-believers
- Serving not-yet-believers as a demonstration of the gospel
- Speaking/sharing the gospel verbally
- Facilitate the community getting to know and be with those that each of the others is discipling. Weekly or bi-weekly interaction. (Intentionally creating opportunities for the MC to get to know the people that each other is discipling, thus growing and incorporating them into the MC life)
- Lead MC through the Storyformed Way and other lost people in your “orbit” twice a year. [Learner]
- Lead MC through gospel-centered finance and budgeting once a year
I have read and discussed this Role Description. I humbly submit to learning and growth in all of these areas. By God's grace and the power of his Spirit, I covenant with my community to fulfill these commitments to the best of my ability.
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Missional Community Leader Personal Evaluation
Please discuss any of these areas that you need help in with your coach/elder.
Prayerfully read through 1 Timothy 3.
How am I doing at growing in these areas?
Is my love for the Word growing?
Do I increasingly desire to spend time in the Word and do I find myself drawing wisdom and strength form the Word daily?
Am I growing in the awareness of my own sinfulness and need for grace?
Am I growing in my ability to clearly articulate the gospel in any setting?
Am I protecting the "eye gate"?
Particularly in not participating in the viewing of pornography?
Am I trusting the Holy Spirit to guide and strengthen me in leading my MC?
Or am I doing it in the flesh and feeling burned out?)
Do I feel joy, excitement, confidence, awe and gratitude when I talk/think about Jesus?
Do I live with a confidence that: God is great –So I do not have to be in control
Indicators that I may not be believing this:
- I am over-bearing
- I am inflexible or risk averse
- I am impatient with people
- I avoid responsibility
Do I live with a confidence that: God is glorious –So I do not have to fear others
Indicators that I may not be believing this:
- I avoid confrontation
- I often crave approval
- I behave differently around certain people
- I pretend or hide my true self
Do I live with a confidence that: God is good –So I do not have to look elsewhere
Indicators that I may not be believing this:
- I sometimes feel ministry is a burden
- I often complain
- I make people feel a burden of duty
- I don’t stick at things and complete projects or tasks
Do I live with a confidence that: God is gracious –So I do not have to prove myself
Indicators that I may not be believing this:
- I take criticism and failure badly
- I find it hard to relax
- I am proud or envy the success of others
- I make people feel guilty
If married:
- Have you been having regular date nights with your wife?
- How are you doing at leading your wife (and kids) spiritually?
- Are you closer and more intimate with your wife now than you were 6 months ago?
