In this post and the following three are 4 sets of reasons a church may struggle to develop a team mentality. There are probably plenty more.
1. People holding wrong assumptions about what the church is:
- Church is meeting to attend rather than common life together
- Lack of understanding about every member ministry
- Unbiblical view of fellowship = activity or nice time together
- Unbiblical view of leaders = activity coordinators
- Unbiblical view of congregation = consumers or pupils
- Historical assumptions about relationship between clergy and laity
- Denominational assumptions or practices that turn leaders into a priesthood