From the Archives – Pursuing Excellence Is for Ministry, Not Just for Business
“Excellence” might not be the business leadership buzzword it once was, but it’s far from dead. A quick search at Amazon shows plenty of recent business titles with “excellence” in them, and even if the term isn’t the biz word of the day anymore, the concept has never waned.
This is because the business world understands that making what they do, and how they do it, better is essential for their survival in a competitive marketplace. Maybe that marketplace mentality is partly why ministry leaders sometimes view excellence as a “a business thing.”
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Innovation in Ministry Is Not Evil
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“COVID has forced innovation upon churches—even fundamental Baptist churches—and that is a good thing. There is no virtue in refusing to be innovative in carrying out the Great Commission.” - Kevin Schaal
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5 Questions to Help Guard Against Selfish Ambition in Ministry
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“1. Is my desire for gospel fruitfulness driven by a desire to exalt Christ’s name or my own?” - F&T
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“When healthy small churches grow, they become healthy big churches. When unhealthy small churches grow, they become unhealthy big churches.”
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“Being small does not mean that something is broken. But if something is broken, you can’t fix it by making it bigger. Bigger fixes nothing.” - Church Leaders
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In Praise of Gloriously Basic Churches
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“In a modern church-planting culture that invites creativity and welcomes pastors that are younger, hipper, and more entertaining, we must remember the basics.” - TGC
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Why Is Church So Boring?
Church is boring, or so we are told by some who attempt to diagnose ills within modern Christianity. The reason more people do not attend church is that they find it boring. The reason so many of our young people drop out is because they consider church boring.
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Church, Business, or Government: Which Is Best at Fighting Poverty?
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“The church, government, and business are all ordained by God and each have a very important role to play in poverty relief. But each exists for a much different purpose than the other.” - IFWE
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Why Are We Here?
Every organization is prone to forget why it’s there. People come and go, the founders pass away, the culture changes. Sometimes an organization can wake up and find it’s lost its way. Other times, the organization never wakes up.
The YMCA started in London in the 1840s as a Christian outreach to young men in the inner cities during the industrial revolution. Now, the YMCA is a gym with a robust after school youth program.
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The Pursuit of Excellence: It’s for Ministry, Not Just for Business
“Excellence” might not be the business leadership buzzword it once was, but it’s far from dead. A quick search at Amazon shows plenty of recent business titles with “excellence” in them, and even if the term isn’t the biz word of the day anymore, the concept has never waned.
This is because the business world understands that making what they do, and how they do it, better is essential for their survival in a competitive marketplace. Maybe that marketplace mentality is partly why ministry leaders sometimes view excellence as a “a business thing.”
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