What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.
From Andy Stanley
Most of us wake up every day and make decision that will make us happy, and generally decisions that will make us happy right then in the moment or that day. We are not really on a truth quest.
As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.
The church wasn't an organization in the first century. They weren't writing checks or buying property. The church has matured and developed over the years. But for some reason, the last thing to change is the structure of leadership.
The issue is: how do you engage the audience? And one of the things I talk to our communicators about is: The outline is great; the stories are great. But how do you engage them? How do you make it feel like we are on a journey, not you are just up there giving me information.
When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strategies can always be changed and improved. But vision doesn't change. Visions are simply refined with time.
Preachers prepare with this fear: 'Am I going to be able to fill the time?' The audience never worries about that.
Communicators need to figure out how well do they engage people, and they should not talk one word longer than people are engaged.
All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.
Uncertainty is not an indication of poor leadership; it underscores the need for leadership.
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