The Future of the Church: Addressing Issues & Embracing Hope - Nancy Beach & Samantha Beach Kiley - 09 FrontStage BackStage with Jason Daye

Why are so many of the changes that the Church is currently facing so dramatically different from many of the changes that we navigated over the past few decades? And, as we recognize these changes, why is it so important to address them honestly when it comes to the future of the Church? In this week's conversation on FrontStage BackStage, host Jason Daye is joined by Nancy Beach and Samantha Beach Kiley. Nancy helped found and served at Willow Creek Church for many years, and is now a teaching pastor at Soul City Church in Chicago. Samantha serves as a creative arts pastor, and together, they wrote a new book entitled, Next Sunday: an Honest Dialogue about the Future of the Church. This is a multi-generational conversation with two people who have a heart for Jesus and a heart for His Church.

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Some key takeaways from this conversation:
Nancy Beach on leaders growing in self-awareness: "We are all capable of blind spots. We all have ways in which we don't really see, sometimes...our unhealthy self. And so I think it begins with leaders who are growing, always, in self-awareness, allowing some trusted people, whether that be a counselor or a good honest friend, to hold up a mirror to us to actually help us see what we can't seem to see ourselves.”

Samantha Beach Kiley on being more effective by slowing down: “Sometimes we're quick to leap towards the next stage of repair without doing the due diligence of confession and lament”

Nancy Beach on where every church should focus their energy: “You might not be so great at strategic planning, or at your vision, or fundraising, or have a magnificent building, or anything like that. But you can focus on being a more loving, welcoming, truly welcoming, church. And that is what Jesus said would most draw people to Himself anyway. So that's where I think our energy needs to go.”

Samantha Beach Kiley on hope in the future Church: "I think the hope of the Church --that it could be a force of restoration in our local community, and, and in the world at large, and in our own hearts-- I just don't think there's anything like that, and people need and want that....it's unlike any other part of modern life."

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