Tim King Leadership

Making change exciting, expectant and urgent. Many of the pastors I have encountered in the past have told me very forcefully that people don't like change. They believe that the one constant in a person's life should be their church and therefore it should be the same yesterday, today and also tomorrow. I would disagree with this and say that people don't mind change- in fact they find it refreshing. As long as the change and need for change is vital, necessary and communicated well. One person alone will find it hard to communicate the excitement and urgency, but a group of like minded people all expressing the same thing- that change is needed and why, will be far more successful. The more people you have that agree to changes the easier the process will be.   The senior leader of a midsized church of about 450 wants to introduce changes that he feels will take the church to the next level. He calls a meeting of the elders of the church. The meeting goes som...

#Agenda 4 That the Leader Sets the Culture My last and final point in this agenda series. Whether we like it or not, the senior leader is the one who should be tasked with setting the cultural tone of the church. Culture is the extension of the senior leader’s philosophy on how to make the vision of the church a reality; it is the atmosphere in which everything happens. Culture includes the ideas, customs, behaviors, and characteristics of any given group of people. The Philosophy of Ministry We all hold tightly to a set of deeply held beliefs through which we individually determine a basic understanding of life. Such beliefs are usually held at a subconscious level and are incredibly powerful, often most evident when we switch to our “default settings” in stressful situations. They are shaped by the way we were raised, our education, the information we gather, religious and spiritual input, relationships, and general life experience. A senior leader will discover th...