Any good team

I believe there is a misconception a lot of people fall into when they are seeking to group up. When they are working to put together a team of people for a certain task they always fall into one pitfall. Likemindedness. We believe that when we are putting together a group of people for the work of the church that we need everyone to be in agreement. I would tell you otherwise. About one year ago I probably had the greatest team of leaders I have ever had in my youth ministry. Amber, Hali, Jordon, Katie, Donnie none of us all ever agreed on how to do things. We all had our own vision for where GOd wanted us to go, but at the same time we all had the same goals, reaching kids with the Gospel. I think back to times when I had people who always agreed with me, always went along with my ideas, and even agreed as those ideas failed and that is why I believe those ideas didn't work. It takes a lot of people working together to spread the Gospel, and it takes more than one idea, more than one vision and certainly more than one opinion on how to do it.
Jesus chose 12 to help him. From doctors to tax collectors to fishermen and so on, each of them unique in their lifestyle and upbringing. Each of the many times with their own unique view of how things should be done. Each of them at times questioning who should be in charge, and who was the greatest. The main thing Jesus had to do was keep them focused on the big picture. He had to create in them opportunities to put their vision to work.
Think about it, at one point Jesus was not right there and they were not focused on fishing, what did they do? They started arguing over who was greatest among them.
They came to Capernaum.S Mt 4:13 When he was in the house,Mk 1:29 he asked them, "What were you arguing about on the road?" 34 But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.Lk 22:24 34 Mt 4:13; Lk 22:24
In Mark chapter 9 we read
Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all."
What happened here is that the guys who were called to be fishers of men weren't fishing any more. And the very moment they quit looking at the big picture Jesus again had to reign them back in because they were arguing. Jesus had hand picked these men, these egos and these perspectives to be a part of his team. Not in any way do they resemble a team that was put together to get along perfectly, to always agree with what was going on, and to never give their own opinion. Jesus kept them focused by teaching them to be servant leaders rather than dictatorship leaders. He told them later in that chapter that whoever wants to be first, must be last.
So any good team, put together for the cause of Christ is going to have their disagreements, their different outlooks, and that is exactly what you need. People who will tell you yes or no when needed. That is exactly what JEsus put together with his group.