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Creativity Quenchers -2
Lack of Leadership
Fundamental in any understanding of leadership in the church is the fact that the leader has a sense of where the church is or should be going and leads the congregation in that direction. This comes from prayerfully seeking God’s direction and then communicating this direction and vision to the rest of the congregation. When a leader copies ideas from another church, the unique purpose and call on that specific congregation is compromised. Just as no two people are alike, no two churches are alike either from God’s perspective.
I have long held to the conviction that church architecture, design and décor say much about the ministry of a church. At VALLEY Christian Church, it was only after years of transition in ministry and understanding the distinct DNA that God had given to VALLEY that we began to renovate our facilities to match the ministry taking place inside and outside the walls of our building. Philosophy of ministry changes motivated change in facility, website even our church’s name. As the old saying goes, “Don’t put the cart before the horse”.
Much of the church world is still infected with an ‘attractional’ mindset that says people will be drawn to Jesus when they are drawn to our building or “if you build it (or renovate it), they will come”. Although this worked well in the case of a farmer in a cornfield in Iowa (the movie, Field of Dreams), it rarely works in reaching our culture today. The Scripture always sets forth and ‘incarnational’ approach to ministry, that is living the life of Christ before others and they will be drawn to the light they see in us (see Matthew 5:16, 1 Peter 3:15).
Many “leaders” in the church today settle for second hand creativity which is easy to copy but over the long haul leads to spiritual schytsophrenia; a church not knowing who they are or will be from week to week, month to month or year to year.
Questions to Consider:
- What unique and specific calling has God given to your congregation?
- Are you as a leader, modeling and inspiring those around you to live up to what God has called them to be as a congregation?
- How can you express these distinctives in your; architecture, design, décor, website, name and even church gatherings?
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