Podcast Episode #401
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Complexity cripples too many churches. They want to simplify, but don’t know where to start. Today, we identify barriers to simplifying your church.
Some highlights from today’s episode include:
- What is your church holding onto that is keeping it from moving forward?
- It doesn’t matter how great your vision statement is if no one can remember it.
- If you want your church to remember its vision statement, if needs to be simple and repeated redundantly.
- Fear can stop leaders from casting the vision a church actually needs.
- Too many pastors and church leaders are coasting toward either retirement or conflict avoidance.
- Don’t let fear paralyze you into inaction.
The five barriers we cover are:
- Traditionalism.
- Lack of clear vision.
- Fear.
- Coasting.
- Failure to evaluate.
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Want change? How, and why:
(A x B x C) > D = Change
Thom and team already have filled in the blanks (previous postings). Not easy, but simple. And the historic, traditional SBC way. “Nothing new under the sun.”
Great Podcast. We switched to a more family friendly, simple church model about three years ago and have seen it be very helpful in our congregation. A great follow up to this podcast would be how to remain successful in a simple church model. Thoughts?