Excellent STM Is Characterized by:
Standard #5:
QUALIFIED LEADERSHIP
An excellent short-term mission screens, trains, and develops
capable leadership for all participants, and is expressed by:
5.1 Character — Spiritually
mature servant leadership
5.2 Skills — Prepared,
competent, organized, and accountable leadership
5.3 Values — Empowering and
equipping leadership
We acknowledge that the leadership we recruit and develop plays
a pivotal role in the success of our mutually designed short-term
mission efforts. In all our STMs, we strive to recruit, train, and
provide
sending entity leaders,
goer-guest leaders,
and
field facilitators
who possess the character, skills, and values needed for the
particular outreach, location, and team dynamics. We seek to
recruit servant leaders who demonstrate spiritual maturity, faith,
giftedness, competence, and diligence for leadership (Rom. 12:8;
Heb. 13:7). We strive to prepare accountable leaders who possess
proficient cross-cultural and organizational abilities, who can
effectively implement the mutually designed outreach in submission
to one another (Eph. 5:21). Finally, we seek and develop leaders
who value empowering and equipping others and are committed to an
interdependent, team approach to ministry.
5.1 CHARACTER — Spiritually mature servant
leadership
We pledge to recruit and develop competent servant leaders who are spiritually and personally wise and discerning, who possess Spirit-led flexibility and sensitivity, and who are working within their spiritual gifts. We further pledge to develop leaders who understand that mutually-defined lines of authority, supervision, communication, responsibility, and accountability will be established and implemented.
KEY QUALITY INDICATORS
5.1.1. How do you assess personal character (i.e. wisdom, discernment, flexibility, sensitivity, spiritual giftedness, responsiveness to authority) as you recruit leaders?5.1.2. How do you train and develop leaders in character issues?
5.2 SKILLS — Prepared, competent, organized,
and accountable leadership
We pledge to recruit and train competent leaders who have the
gifts, skills, and abilities to lead people in the context of
cross-cultural situations and other situations likely to be
encountered during the STM. We further pledge to select and develop
leaders who demonstrate organizational skills with people and
tasks, and are willing to be held accountable by others. We also
pledge to use only those leaders who are willing to prepare
themselves (spiritually, physically, emotionally, and factually)
for the mutually designed STM.
KEY QUALITY INDICATORS
5.2.1. How do you assess personal skills and competencies (i.e. cross-cultural leadership, organizational ability, accountability, communication skills) as you recruit leaders?5.2.2. How do you train and develop skill competencies in leaders?
5.3 VALUES — Empowering and equipping
leadership
We pledge to recruit and train empowering leaders who value
equipping and developing others and are committed to an
interdependent, team approach to ministry. We seek and develop
leaders who provide other participants with guidance, mentoring,
and opportunities for growth enabling them to test, develop, and
exercise their unique gifts and abilities within the mutually
designed STM.
KEY QUALITY INDICATORS
5.3.1. How do you determine a potential leader's philosophy and style of leadership?5.3.2. How do you train and develop leaders to empower and equip others?