- ALL of these lists are simply trying to recognize something that happened last year or in some cases even later than last year (as in THE PAST)
- As fast as this world is changing churches should NOT be looking to last year’s methods/ideas to reach today’s culture. 2006 is not 2007 (February is not March)
- Though some leaders will study what these churches do and use it as a springboard for new ideas for the future…most will attempt to do exactly the same thing except this time a year or two later…what I call “lemming leadership”
- I still see thousands of churches trying their hardest to become like the #1 church of 1995 only to find out that the world has changed by the time they get there.
- I hear from several church leaders that it takes their church a long time to embrace new changes (sometimes as long as 5 years). If that is true for you…I suggest you point your churches’ trajectory at what the church of 2012 looks like.
Beware of Lists
It seems like everywhere you turn there is a list of something pertaining to churches. I've seen lists of "The 25 Most Innovative Churches in America", "The 100 Fastest Growing Churches", "The 100 Largest Churches", etc, etc. Bobby Gruenwald, a leader at LifeChurch.tv in Edmond, OK gives the following practical advice for how to view such lists.
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Hey dad, good stuff here. I think so many times people get caught up in the method. But the most important thing in church leading is following God's lead and being relevant to the people in your area.
At the same time are we not looking at a "list" in Acts 2:42-47 and trying to do what they did? I hope we aren't trying to get away from the "methods" of what the first century Christians were doing.
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