We have sought to establish a leadership structure for our Network that represents our values of plurality and empowerment, has representation from all churches, enables effective communication, and seeks input from all the pastors in the Network. To that end, we function with a decentralized Regional emphasis.
Regional Leadership Teams
Regional Leadership Teams are made up of one staff pastor from each local church who is licensed with Crossway Network. Each Regional team appoints a Regional Director. The Regional Leadership Team will:
- Meet monthly for sharing, prayer, networking, and advancing their collaborative effort.
- Manage their own 5% Regional church planting fund.
- Steward the multiplication and adoption of churches in their Region.
- Manage their own multiplication as new Regions can be formed in closer geographical proximity.
- Ensure that each member of the regional team communicates Network and Regional decisions and direction with their own church pastor teams.
Beyond this, the Regional Leadership Team will decide together how they would like to structure themselves further (roles, responsibilities, etc.) and how they will lead the Region forward in accordance with the guidelines, principles, and goals of the Network.
Network Servant Team
The Crossway Network Servant Team is a plurality of pastors from among the Network churches that facilitates our overall vision to plant and support healthy, reproducing churches and regional networks of churches throughout the world for the glory of God. The Servant Team is made up of the Regional Directors, a Servant Team Director, and Executive Administrator.
Moving the Network forward on it's collective mission happens in close partnership with all the pastors but especially through the continual input and counsel from the lead pastors as representatives. Because the leadership and vision for each church is carried out by a qualified team of pastors locally, it will always be the desire, focus, and role of the Servant Team to serve and build up churches and regions of churches as they move forward in the mission. The Team will also strive to keep a caring pulse on the spiritual health of the churches through Crossway’s various regions. WE ARE HERE TO SERVE!