Mark Buchanan writes about the way in divisions in churches start small… I don’t know what the Apostle Paul’s thorn in his side was. But I know one of mine: the will to be a slave to my own pettiness. Sometimes entire churches fall prey to this temptation. Pettiness becomes their governing principle. Their ethos. …
An article by Adam Stadtmiller on cultivating change without the cost of relationships. Superficial change can be made quickly, cultural change takes much longer. From the article: One of the most explosive errors that a leader can make is to mistake changing things for changing culture. Changing things is easy and offers quick emotional payoff …
Some churches are opposed to change because they’re invested more in themselves than they are in the Gospel. But some gospel grounded churches are put off change because of the way it’s introduced. Karl Vaters writes at Leadership Journal: Churches can handle change. If you’ve tried and failed to change things at your church, that …
Zack Hicks offers a series of diagnostic contrasts to illustrate a point about whether worshipers are worshiping God or their experience. Worshipers of God care less about their personal preferences in worship. Worshipers of worship care intensely about their personal preferences in worship. Worshipers of God are more easily blessed in worship. Worshipers of worship …
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