Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
Episode 227: 10 Statements About Healthy Churches
Ten Statements about Healthy Churches:
1. The pastor is spiritually healthy and growing. A church tends to follow its leader.
2. The pastor is a collaborative leader. Our best idea is rarely the best idea. The best ideas are filtered through others where they can become something better.
3. The church has a way of connecting people to smaller groups. A large gathering cannot do discipleship effectively. Do people want to connect with what you are doing?
4. The church welcomes and equips new leaders. Think from a teaching perspective. The more teachers trained and equipped, the more groups you can have.
5. People regularly invite guests to church with them. Healthy churches have guests, because people are excited to share their church with others.
6. The church deals with conflict constructively. Healthy churches have as much conflict as many unhealthy churches, they just deal with it constructively.
7. The church values intentionality over busyness. Healthy churches care more about “why” they do something than other churches. The “why” matters.
8. Prayer is more than a time-filler. Healthy churches spend dedicated time in prayer.
9. The church is optimistic ad joyful. The battle is already won, and the gates of hell cannot stand against Christ’s church. If optimism should thrive anywhere, it should be in church.
10. The church spends more time looking forward than it does looking backwards.
In healthy churches people are excited about what God is going to do next. In unhealthy churches, people lament what has been.
If your church isn’t healthy what steps can you take to get to health personally and collectively? Are you connected with others who can feed into you a healthy perspective? Church health is fragile. We have to take great care to maintain it.
Episode 212: What We’ve Been Reading
Episode 211: Blind Spots in Preaching
Episode 210: Moving On Up, Pt 2
Episode 209: Moving On Up, pt1
Episode 208: When to Make An Event Disappear
Episode 207: 5 Ways To Derail Your Ministry
Episode 206: The Power of Three
Episode 205: Interview With Laurie Acker of Small Church Ministry
Episode 204: Are You Loving the Bride Well?
Episode 203: An Interview With Sam Byers About Small Rural Church Ministry
Episode 202: Raising Expectations From Zero
Episode 201: Preacher or Pastor
Episode 200: 8 Revelations from Our First 200 Episodes
Episode 199: The Meeting Before the Meeting
Episode 198: Preparing for a Storm
Episode 197: Preparing for a New Year
Episode196: How Things Will Be Different in 2023
Episode 195: Momentum Makers
Episode 194: Guard the Trust
Episode193: Planning Your Sermon Retreat
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