The Xenos Servant Team
What is it?
The Xenos Servant Team is a group who have
taken upon themselves the burden of serving Christ through accomplishing Xenos'
mission. Each member has devoted years to training both in the classroom and
in the field. Each has a defined ministry role in the church and lives by a code
of servanthood embodied in a Servant Team Covenant.
Why have a Servant
Team?
The leaders and core of
Christian role models in any effective church need to be able to meet together
to discuss issues of interest mainly to the committed. Paul says that serving as
a Deacon is a privilege reserved for those who have demonstrated reliability in
the field of service. While we would not press character and ministry
requirements on all in our church, any who wish to join our servant team must
demonstrate their suitability to that role. Dennis McCallum has written a detailed
explanation of how our servant team relates to the overall vision for Xenos.
How
does one join?
Joining the Xenos Servant Team is extremely
difficult.
The requirements for membership include:
- Maintaining
personal times of prayer and Bible study
- Attending
and contributing to a Xenos home fellowship group over a period of years
- Attending
and contributing to one of the ministries at our Central Teachings
- Joining
the Fiscal Support Team (which implies regular substantial giving to the
church's general fund) while also supporting Xenos missions and building
funds
- Occupying
a defined ministry role in Xenos or leadership role (cell group, home church
leader, or personal discipleship) in a Xenos home group
- Undertaking
yearly self-equipping projects such as a class or approved personal research
project
- Practicing
mature management of inter-personal conflict and dissent in the church
- Living
up to the character qualifications for deacons
as given in I Timothy 3
- Attending
and participating in servant team functions
- Completing
coursework, including Christian Principles 1,2,3 and 4 or equivalents in
addition to Servanthood 1 and 2
- Must
be nominated by an existing servant team member, and endorsed by others,
including some outside one's own group
- Must
undergo the servant team background check and possible personal interviews
with leaders
- Must
continue to avoid discrediting behavior and cooperate with the annual follow
up interview
The Xenos Servant
Team is no casual association, like a garden club. It is a high commitment
association of dedicated Christian workers--men and women resolved to give their
all for Christ. Qualifying for the team normally takes years of work and growth.
Yet, even with these restrictions, the team already has nearly 30 members.
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