A Gut-Check for Growing Churches

Orginally published on Monday, March 26, 2007 at 6:21 AM
by Todd Rhoades

Recently, Mark Batterson had the opportunity to share as a guest speaker at a staff meeting at Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge. Mark shared his top ten reflections on leadership in a growing church. Here are some of his comments...

The more we grow…

1) ...the greater the PRIVILEGE

I never want myself or anyone on our staff to have a sense of entitlement. We’re only servants--I Cor. 3:5.

2) ...the more COMPLICATED things get

Sin complicates your life in negative ways. Growth complicates your life in positive ways. Learn to thank God for complications!

3) ...the harder it is to maintain UNITY

Vision is the key to unity! The larger you get the more frequently you need to cast vision. Unity doesn’t happen by default--Eph 4:3.

4) ...the better STEWARDS we need to be

Growth raises the stakes. With greater responsibility comes greater accountability.

5) ...the more ABOVE REPROACH we need to be

I Corinthians 10:23 says, “Everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial.” As our leadership expands, there can be an unhealthy and unholy tendency toward the permissible end of the spectrum! Guard against it. As our influence expands, leaders need to move toward the beneficial end of that spectrum!

These are just the top five… there are five more that you can read over at Mark’s Blog… Evotional.com...

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