Tag: leading change

None of the programs at our church were bad in and of themselves. The volume of it just prevented us from being focused on building relationships with those who are far from God. So, we had to do less ministry to reach more people. It sounds funny, but people had to be trained in how to do life with nonbelievers or people spiritually disinterested.

Help your team realize that it’s normal to feel unsettled during change and that it will pass.

Comfort is the enemy of the church, and Kaizen opposes it.

Disagreements in years past would have been kept inside the church, but with the advent of social media, negative feelings spread like wildfire to a broader audience. While leaders cannot control what others say, they can control how they react.

The church is highly relational, and we sometimes evaluate the effectiveness of a ministry by asking if everyone is happy, not is anyone changing and growing?

The future is uncharted territory, but we walk forward into it whether we like it or not. Believers have a Lord who dwells in the future as well as the present. We can go confidently into “that good night,” as one put it. “He leadeth me in paths of righteousness.”

Change is creating a new story. Change is challenging how things have always been done within the power structure established over time within the inner workings of the church.

The default setting to change something is only natural for a good leader. Having a vision means being dissatisfied with the status quo.