What is a catalytic person?

• 1. Someone who gives more services than they consume at their church.
• 2. Someone who can articulate the vision of the church
• 3. Someone who sees themselves as a problem solver not a problem avoider
• 4. Someone who is not offended in the least about money talks and in fact responds to need.
• 5. Someone who includes new people into the church
• 6. Someone who prays for the success of his or her church for real.
• 7. Someone who is a thankful person rather than a fault finder
• 8. Someone who does speak the truth in love.
• 9. Someone who sees what the church could be.
• 10. Someone who volunteers and carries as much ministry as they can.
• 11. Someone who wants their church to be generous not cheap
• 12. Someone who encourages and gives an encouraging word as often as possible
• 13. Someone who gives and serves to the point of sacrifice.
• 14. Someone who encourages others to sacrifice
• 15. Someone who attends services to add spiritually to the event not just get their needs met.

How do you become a catalytic person? Assess and act.

How to you call and develop catalytic people?

• 1. Build a strong core of leaders in an identified group
• 2. Teach commitment at least 20% of the time along with reaching lost people
• 3. Be open and frank about what it takes to be an effective church
• 4. Look for draft picks and bring them into the core.
• 5. Honor catalyst not takers
• 6. Don’t allow anyone to be on boards or leadership groups that is not a catalyst.
• 7. Teach on giving and serving
• 8. Be a catalyst
• 9. Pray for catalysts
• 10. Thank God for the catalyst you already have and invest more into them…. Forget the takers and whiners….