Monday, May 25, 2009

busting barriers with mindset changes

Organizations love to settle because it’s the easy thing to do. They settle not only in practice, but in paradigm as well. You sometimes have to change the way you think to get something different. Here are some notes from Craig Groeschel, session 2 at Catalyst One Day last week.

1. Think differently about your church culture.
  • If you don’t like the culture, it could be your fault. People are a reflection of the leader.
  • Do you need to do something privately to gain credibility publicly? (This is a principle I had to learn this past year)
2. Think differently about programming.

3. Think differently about the mission.
  • We can’t allow someone to hold back the mission of the church. Will we give priority to people pleasing or the mission?
4. Think differently about people leaving the church.

5. Think differently about limitations.
  • Old mindset-We can’t because we don’t.
  • New mindset-We can because we don’t.
  • One of the greatest gifts to your ministry may be what you don’t have.

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posted by Seth Henderson at 9:32 PM

2 Comments:

At 9:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe I am in a rut. I have found that "thinking differently" is more like chasing your own tail. No matter how many times you think you have got "it", there are always the same old road blocks that prevent you from progress.

Personally, I am fed up with all things "church".

-Ron

 
At 8:10 AM, Blogger Seth Henderson said...

It definitely is a process of growth and discovery in the Kingdom of God. I think that's my favorite part - the mystery of God that Paul talks about in his writings is continually revealed to us as we seek Christ. It doesn't have to get stale. I'm thankful that both of us are thinking differently than what we grew up with you know.

I can't wait to dialogue and learn from one another when we get to hang out in San Antonio in a few weeks. It'll be fun.

 

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