“Organizational decline is largely self-inflicted, and recovery largely within our own control” (How the Mighty Fall by Jim Collins). Jim works with Business organizations. I work with churches. Secular organizations and churches have significant differences but also a lot in common. As a Leadership Coach, I work to improve the spiritual and organizational health of the leaders and churches I work with.
If the parallel holds and the decline in church health is self-inflicted and the solutions are within our control then these 9 points are a good place to start praying about.
- Pastors and leaders need to challenge and support their people to pray and seek God’s will for their lives on a daily basis.
- Leaders need to discover and follow God’s Vision for their church.
- Guests must feel welcomed, secure and encouraged to return.
- Dynamic leaders build dynamic teams that inspire their people to pray, seek God’s face and grow their church in spiritual and organizational health.
- The right leaders need to be doing the right job at the right time in the right spirit for God’s glory.
- Significant spiritual change and prayer happens more frequently and consistently in small groups
- Your church should have the same feeling of love, care and security that we have with our biological families.
- Healthy churches count and monitor their resources. The most important factor to count, monitor and support is disciple makers. The health of your church depends on the number of people who are trained and consistently disciple others.
- The church that prays together not only stays together but it grows, replicates itself and changes our world for Christ.
Leadership is living your God directed Vision that you are called to this place, at this time for a specific purpose.
Yours in Service,
Laurie D. Kennedy
Leadership Coach
Jethro Group
ldkjethrogroup@gmail.com