As a church leader, what is it you measure? Why is it when a church starts keeping track of significant things like attendance, giving, guest cards turned in, etc, it gets accused of being too "businesslike" and less "Spirit-led"? I don't get it. How are we supposed to improve what we're doing if we're not able to somehow measure our current effectiveness, or lack thereof?
If it's important, it's worth tracking. If you're not keeping track of things in your church, small group, or whatever it is you lead; chances are those things are just not that important to you. Prayerfully ask yourself these questions.
- What is the one thing I want to see accomplished in this church (group, class, etc)?
- What are some indicators that will help me know when this is accomplished?
- Is there a way I can track these indicators now?
1 comments:
Thanks Rick for another pertinent blog. I know that personally, I don't measure much. I have memories of going to my grandparents' church where they posted the attendance and offering for the past week. It was often a discouraging practice, because it seemed to have no relevance. Even though they were "tracking", they weren't actually checking to see if they were making progress. It was just information. Unfortunately, if there was tracking, it was in the negative sense: How many are we loosing each week.
Keeping records isn't all that helpful if we aren't going to review those records and seek for patterns that can help us grow toward the future.
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