I remember a Tony Morgan post a while back with a quote that really jumped off the page for me. The article was 3 Components of a Healthy Discipleship Strategy. Here's the quote: "Teaching has the potential to shift someone’s thinking, but systems have the potential to shift behaviors.” It made me say, "Hmmmm?" I realized that despite how much I am passionate about "systems thinking" and its importance to … [Read more...]
Another “People Process”
The "How To" When It Comes To Helping People Make The Decision To Be Baptized
Above all else, the church should be very intentional about helping people make the most important decision of their lives, the decision to be baptized. And like all other important processes in the church, helping people cross the line of faith and be baptized should be formalized, put on paper, and practiced consistently. Here's an outline of a good system of continuously keeping this most crucial decision in … [Read more...]
Building “People Processes”
Using Church Community Builder To Connect And Grow People
One of the things I love about Church Community Builder (CCB) is the ability to build and automate "people processes." You know, like assimilation, serving, spiritual growth and development, etc. In the post, Workflow Process Implementation, I describe the use of "workflow tools" to implement processes and procedures. At my church, we used two different "tools" for implementing workflow processes. The fundamental … [Read more...]
Documenting A “Strategy”
Some Thoughts On How To Go About Developing And Documenting A Strategy
Documenting a strategy is one of the most important steps in any "plan and execute" leadership culture. I will blog more about a "plan and execute culture" in a future post, but for now, suffice to say that it's one of the most important aspects of a healthy leadership culture, be it in or outside the church. The purpose of a strategy is to succinctly communicate to the reader "the plan" for accomplishing … [Read more...]