Readiness includes the development of various leadership communities: the Initiating Leadership Community; the Primary Leadership Community; and the Supporting Leadership Community.

The Initiating Leadership Community

The Initiating Leadership Community is made up of the people of passion, who are seven people or seven percent of the average number of active, attending adults—whichever is greater.

This leadership community represents the innovators and early adapters in the congregation who have the strongest positive passion concerning the future of the congregation, but not necessary the key roles or positions in the congregation.

Persons identified and connected with the Initiating Leadership Community must have passionate readiness, spiritual readiness, leadership readiness, and strategic readiness.

The intensity of their readiness must be at least a seven in all four areas on a scale of one to ten with ten being high.

The Primary Leadership Community

The Primary Leadership Community is made up of the people of position, who are 21 people or 21 percent of the average number of active, attending adults—whichever is greater.

The Supporting Leadership Community

The Supporting Leadership Community is made up of the people of participation, who are 63 people or 63 percent of the average number of active, attending adults—whichever is greater.