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Are you or your pastor surrounded by a capable team? Why or why not? When we first began developing inventories and tools to measure church health and effectiveness, we knew that we would be most helpful if we focused on churches that were led in a team fashion. In other words, we find that churches with a single dominant pastor who goes to the top of the mountain and returns with the commandments without the input of a leadership team works best only if you’re Moses. Our obs