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5 Characteristics of Breakthrough Teams

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If progress is to be made in new territory, every leader needs a wall to come down.

On any given week, you may face anything from a speed bump to a hurdle to get over. But there are some seasons where you stare at what feels like a wall, maybe a huge wall, and wonder how you will get through it.

That is leadership.

That is the road of progress.

That’s where great teams bond together, with their leaders and God, to fight for a breakthrough.

Barriers always exist for churches and leaders who are making progress in Heaven’s work, and there’s always a way through. It’s the leader’s job to find that way.

It’s not easy, typically not fast, and sometimes there is a curve or change you didn’t see coming, but there is a way to keep moving forward.

What wall might you be facing?

  • You can’t find the staff you need.
  • Your financial position is stressed.
  • You are in desperate need for more space now.
  • There is conflict or division in the church.
  • Perhaps something at home that seems insurmountable.

You are praying and working toward breakthrough.

When your church has a barrier to break through, it’s not just one gifted leader that makes it happen. It’s the strength found in the culture of a team and how they work together that allows the breakthrough.

We know the attributes that great team players have individually, such as:

But what are the some of the primary ways in which great leaders function together as a connected, focused, and motivated team?

What are the team characteristics that are most likely to lead to a breakthrough?

1. Breakthrough Teams Believe That God Is in It.

Teams that lead to a breakthrough do not take their work casually, and they deeply believe God is in it with them.

Breakthrough teams understand the nature of a divine partnership with God. What they lead is not just a good idea, it’s a God idea.

The reason it’s so important to understand and believe in this spiritual partnership is because the enemy creates resistance, barriers, and walls that we can’t get through on our own.

(Yes, sometimes we create our own barriers, but God will still help us.)

Ultimately you can’t lead what you don’t believe. Faith is a critical pathway for every leader to gain the needed breakthrough.

2. Breakthrough Teams Are Strongly Unified at a Soul Level.

Breakthrough teams are unified with each other and the vision. Unity is not an option. Unity multiplies strength, loyalty and effectiveness.