"If you change too fast you will create anger and resentment. If you wait until everyone agrees, you will never do it."
Could you provide detail on a changes that you implemented at your church.
- Nature of change with some specifics
- How you used your teaching ministry to prepare for that change
- Et Cetera
Change is a big issue because it can be for better or worse — or better than some and worse for others.
The hard thing is to teach people to stop thinking, “What do I want?” and to start asking, “What is in the best interest of the church and its mission?”
Some people are so stubborn and exact such a price when they don’t get their way, that, when they die, people think, “well, we can at least do what we have wanted to do for quite some time.” I would hate to be remembered as an obstacle. But such folks are so remembered, but they are clueless.
The hard thing is to teach people to stop thinking, “What do I want?” and to start asking, “What is in the best interest of the church and its mission?”
Some people are so stubborn and exact such a price when they don’t get their way, that, when they die, people think, “well, we can at least do what we have wanted to do for quite some time.” I would hate to be remembered as an obstacle. But such folks are so remembered, but they are clueless.
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