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 132: Symptoms of A Critical Church Culture
Episode 131: Efficiency versus Effectiveness
Episode 130:Enjoying Where You Serve
Episode 129: When It‘s Time to Restructure
Episode 128: Lengthening Out Your Pastor‘s Tenure
Episode 127: Can it be Revitalized?
Episode 126: 6 Pastor's Who Won't Likely Endure
Interview with Stephanie Morcom about ministering to those struggling with addiction
Episode 125: Separation Anxiety
Episode 124: When to Add a New Service
Episode 123: Guests and the Gifts We Give Them
Episode122: Compassion fatigue with guest Dana Young
Episode121: Starting Over
Episode 120: Ranger Danger
Episode 119: Transitions
Episode 118: Bite Your Tongue
Episode 117: From Nashville with Love
Episode 116: 5 Areas to Improve Communication
Episode 115: Exegeting Your Audience
Episode 114: Enjoy Your Ministry
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