Delegation: Organize to Evangelize
Tim W. Massengale

•	Church work vs. The work of the Church
•	Church work
•	Necessary, routine and superficial tasks
•	The work of the Church
•	Doing the tasks that Jesus would be doing!
•	Matthew 9:35 says “And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the Gospel...”

•	What is delegation?
•	“Delegation is entrusting responsibility and authority and establishing lines of accountability.” (L.A. Allen)
•	Delegation is learning how to identify the work that we are doing and devising methods of passing these pieces of work on to other people, yet still maintain a management check on these activities.  

•	Do you need to delegate?
•	You need to delegate if:  
•	You are not doing the big jobs that need to be done.
•	You now spend time on trivial tasks around the church that others could do.
•	You are missing personal and church deadlines.
•	You have an imbalance in the work load of your directors.
•	You have saints who need new worlds to conquer.
•	You have people who, if trained, could handle the job better than you.

•	Delegation Resistance
•	Some refuse to delegate because of a/n:
•	Reluctance to admit limitations
•	Tradition, or fear of losing control
•	Lack of confidence in your people
•	Doubt in your ability to train someone else to do it your way
•	Impatience with people
•	Ignorance
•	Shortsightedness

•	Delegation Resistance
•	All of the previous reasons are emotional!
•	Some may say this isn’t true, that they would delegate, if they had faithful people.
•	We must look at people and see what they can be, not as they are.
•	Jesus saw apostles, not a tax collector, a crude fisherman, or a publican.  

•	How to Delegate
•	Evaluate your resources
•	Recognize others are just as talented and committed as you to the objectives of the church
•	Take a hard look at how your church is not meeting its objectives and what can be done

•	How to Delegate
•	Have enough confidence in your people to give them the authority to do the job
•	Allow leaders to make mistakes as they grow

•	We learn wisdom from failure much more that from success.  We often discover what will do by discovering what will not do, and probably he who never made a mistake, never made a discovery. 
•	-Samuel Smiles

•	How To Delegate
•	Train your people
•	If necessary, take advantage of the “division of labor” principle
•	Maintain open communication with the individuals as they work
•	Avoid reverse delegation
•	Be willing to take risks, with discretion

•	Delegation is Key
•	A leader that fails to delegate will run out of time, talent and energy and the end result will be a stalled and stagnate organization
•	A one man band will never sound as beautiful as a ninety-piece orchestra
•	A pastor that fails to delegate will never build a great church for the Glory of God

•	Christ our Example
•	We must take example from the Chief Shepard
•	Jesus spent 3½ years developing leaders to delegate the work of the church to
•	After placing them in position, he
•	empowered them with the authority to do the job
•	Made them accountable to one another and the Holy Ghost that dwelled within them

•	Group Discussion Assignment
•	Make a list of each delegate position in your church
•	Include:
•	Church Departments 
•	Ministries
•	Musicians
•	Sunday School Teachers
•	Etc. 

•	This delegation principle is not only important,  but alive and well within your church!