Read The Culture Of Your Church Four ways to better know and understand the culture of your church.
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Take The Risk The freedom to risk is directly correlated with the freedom to innovate. All
innovation, all creativity, all new ideas are inherently risky. In fact, in a world
that is changing so rapidly, even doing what has been tried and true in the past
can be risky. There are no guarantees of success. Therefore, it is critical to build
a culture where there is freedom to fail.
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The Need of the Hour: Defining Moments, Focused Ministry All believers can point to critical incidents in which God taught them important
lessons and insights. All of these moments are part of God's shaping their life
for a unique contribution in the expansion of His kingdom.
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Vision: A Compelling Reason People need to know there is something worthwhile at stake and that their
effort is directly connected to it. Every organization, business, or enterprise of
any sort is actually populated by people who volunteer. Even where there is a
paycheck involved, employees volunteer themselves to the challenges of the
task at hand every day.
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Take Another Look One way to honor the work people do is to review its quality and quantity. By
never reviewing it, we dishonor the sacrifice they have made. How can you
know how to resource someone without knowing how things are going? How
can you provide problem-solving support without knowing what the problems
are?
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Success Through Resources Resources must be provided for people to carry out their responsibilities.
Unfortunately, it is common for those with defined responsibility to be "short-
handed" in terms of materials, finances and equipment.
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Strength in Relationships All of us want to know that we are part of a team, that we are working
alongside a group of people who share the load and who are committed to our
well being as much as they are committed to the task at hand, that we have
people who are "watching my back."
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Keeping Conflict Manageable Who you are in conflict usually matters more than what you do. But what you
do matters. There are neither perfect methods nor guaranteed outcomes when
it comes to conflict. However, a basic game plan is essential for any leader.
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