Episode 12 Notes: Developing Core Values

Core values define the safe limits of who you are as a church.

Core values become filters for ideas to see if they align with who our church is.

Don’t steal someone else’s core values.

Unique core values are birthed out of prayer.

A church plant is something God births through you.

Study the early church in Acts to develop Core values.

Write down what you think the church should be and what you think it shouldn’t be.

Develop key themes and flesh them out into practical statements.

Get feedback on your core values from people who know churchplanting.

Package them into memorable statements or key words.

One of the greatest challenges for church planters is to be who God created us to be.

Developing core values takes a lot of work!

God has been planting seeds of your core values over time.

Hating church is never a healthy starting point for a church plant.

Allow the context to help develop your core values.

Each context God is developing a unique church with a unique set of core values.

Core values need to continue to be clarified and evolve.

Different churches with different core values can exist side by side and reach different people.

There is often culture shift between stated values and practiced values.

Does what you do, align with what you say are your core values?

Don’t forget your core values! You must maintain the integrity of your core values.

Operating outside of your core values will cause confuse.

Expect push back from people who want to change or destroy a core value.

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