Dan Southerland, who is the new Lead Teaching Pastor at Westside Family Church, is challenging everyone at his church to be "2 DEEP." "2 DEEP" means that every minister, leader, staff member, or volunteer should be mentoring at least two people who can replace them. Call it discipling, interning, apprenticing, or whatever... the idea is that each person should be investing in developing two other people who will be able to replicate their ministry.I'm convinced that Dan's got the right idea, since the lid to any church’s growth is not buildings, strategy, creativity, or even vision... it’s leaders... because a church will never grow beyond the base of its leaders.
