Something that I’ve become conscious of over the last couple of years is the link between growth in congregational size and change in leadership style. Increasing beyond certain numbers of people in a congregation is sometimes portrayed as a ‘barrier’. What is being identified in that is that at certain sizes a group of people …
In a post about leadership Ed Stetzer identifies a number of areas that he describes as mature leadership. On of these has to do with accountability. Mature leaders purposefully set up structures for accountability and then seek and receive genuine accountability within those structures. They understand that it is easy to be drawn into inappropriate …
In a post about necessary qualities of church revitalisers (those who come be nurture new vitality in an existing church, in contrast with church planters who are starting a new church) Ed Stetzer writes about the need for relational patience, a quality any pastor who is working with an existing church needs. …church revitalizers must …
Ed Stetzer expands on questions for churches that need revitalisation. This one stood out to me: “Is revitalization (or should it be) an ongoing process for all churches, even those that are growing?” Yes. Revitalization addresses a lack of vitality, so something needs to happen to recapture that momentum. A growing church can be vital …
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