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There will come a time, probably sooner than later, that you will need to make a change. You will need to change something at your church. Over the next few episodes, we will look at how you can lead your church through change.

The principles I will cover apply to big changes as well as small. Obviously, changing your worship music is a bigger change than changing your carpet color. But the steps are the same.

Now, Over the past 12 years, I have taken the church I pastor through several changes. And I foresee more changes in the immediate future.

I’m not going to tell you what I need to change but I will share this fact – I believe everything but one thing is open to change

Listen to 1 Timothy 3:15b

“the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.”

I understand those words this way. The local church is the protector, the fortress of the truth, of the Gospel. The gospel never changes. The truth found in God’s word never changes. And the local church is called upon to protect that truth in its local context.

So the truth cannot be changed. But anything else is open to change.

Now let’s get into it. Today, I want to give you an overview of what change looks like and in the weeks to come, I will go into greater detail on the steps.

Dr. William Bridges has written extensively about change – personal and as an organization.

If you are going to take your church through change you need to at least read his book, Managing Transitions. I will have a link to this book in the show notes.

Dr. Bridges has identified three phases of transition or change. Dr. Bridges uses the term transition. For him, change and transition are not the same. But I will use change and transition interchangeably.

So the three phases of transition are as follows

1. The first phase is the ending. All change, all transitions begin with an ending.
2. The second phase is what Dr. Bridges calls the neutral zone.
3. And the final phase is the New Beginning.

So let’s understand this. A transition begins with an ending

This is essential. All of us have made the mistake, maybe in front of the congregation or before the church board. We have shared the possibility of the new beginning before we have shared the necessity of the ending. And when we did that we suffered the consequences. And possibly the new beginning never happened because the people did not see the need for it.

So the first thing you need to do is take your people through the ending.

This is a painful period. This is the hard part. This, in my opinion, takes the most time.

There is a church in my local area that has a great young pastor. He was recently hired on. He is taking this established church through a radical change. And his first step? Teaching and preaching on why the current situation must end.

He is helping his people let go. He is helping his people deal with the loss associated with this change. I don’t know the numbers, but I suspect some people will leave. The pain of loss will be too much for them. But most will stay, especially if he continues to help them end the current methods.

Dr. Bridges teaches that a neutral zone follows this ending. It is during the neutral zone that the future is planned, teams are built, new patterns and new ways of doing business are created.

One caution, I believe many of good transition can die in the neutral zone. I have led my congregation into the neutral zone, I assumed we had reached the promised land. The change then ceased and in time we just reset back to the old way of doing business.

Do no make that mistake that the neutral zone is the finished product. You must know the ultimate destination and you must push through this temptation to stop.

I don’t know if you are into old books. The journey Dr. Bridges has mapped out reminds me of Homer’s Odyssey. If you remember, Odysseus is trying to get home after the Trojan war. What should have been a 10-day trip ended up taking 10 years. And all along the way, there were good reasons to stop and not finish the journey.

If you are going to take your church through major change you need to start with the ending and use the great gift of the neutral zone for development, but you cannot stop there. You must keep the finish in sight.

Before we begin to end things, what should we first do?

Before we end anything we must ask and answer two questions. Before I get to the questions let me share my situation.

The church I pastor has a church board. The board is made up of the deacons and elders. We meet once per month and make the decisions for the church. We examine the financial reports.  We follow Roberts Rules of order, - we do old business, new business.

This group of men is the group I must first sell on any church change. It is these men that will support me or not. I can be the upfront person leading the change if I have their support.  So change begins with them.

Your situation might be different. You may answer to no one, or answer to a congregation, or a board. It doesn’t matter. You still ask and answer these two questions.

Question number one: What must never change?

If you answer to a board or a congregation, ask them this question and listen closely to their answers.

I said earlier, that I feel the only thing that can never change is the Gospel, the truth. But that’s too simple. There are some things that are unique to every church that may find themselves on the do not change list. You need to note these. These are potential landmines.

Every answer that comes your way, record it, acknowledge it. But in the end, you do not have to live with it. You might be rocking that 1970’s gold carpet in the auditorium. And when you ask, What must never change, there will be someone who says, “The Carpet.”

Write it down. Note it. But you do not need to live with that carpet for the next 10 years. You can change it. That’s what leadership is all about and that is why you must take them through the painful process of letting go or ending.

Here’s a better example. What if someone says, “Our music must never change.” And it is music you feel must change? What are you going to do? Your church is traditional in its music and you feel it must change to contemporary. What should you do?

If that is a change you are willing to make, you can throw out the organ this week and put the drums up next week. And of course, suffer the consequences.

Or you can acknowledge their input and begin to take them through the process of change that begins with understanding that this to must end.

But that is the first question, “What must never change?”

The second question is this. What must we change?

You might want to reword this question. The word “change” frightens people. Change makes them nervous. Here’s the rewrite.

What must we do to improve?

That’s softer. It is not as confrontational.

Again, write everything down, even if you disagree with it. Then prioritize the list, and if you are working with a group begin to debate the answers.

There will be items on the list that everyone can agree with. I would begin with these.

Now let’s wind this up. In the weeks to come, I will go into greater detail on this subject, how to lead change.

But today, remember we learned that all change or transitions begin with an ending, there is a neutral zone, and then the final phase is the new beginning. Do not jump to the new beginning until you have helped them deal with the ending.

Before all that, ask and answer two questions: What must never change? And What must we change? Or What must we do to improve?

I hope this helps.

This is Mark Jones and you have been listening to Coaching Christian Leaders.

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If you are interested in one on one coaching please contact me. I can be reached at [email protected]

Resource Mentioned

Managing Transitions by Dr. William Bridges and Dr. Susan Bridges

Closing Thoughts

If you are a Christian leader in need of direction or motivation, I would love to help. I coach leaders, especially small-church pastors. I also provide free six-session masterminds for pastors and missionaries. If you are interested in any of the above, email me.

October 8-10th, 2018, I attended the RHMA Small-Town Pastors’ Conference. RHMA stands for Rural Home Missionary Association. This conference was held in Lancaster Pennsylvania.

It was a great conference. Why? Well, I want to share some of the reasons I enjoyed it – who was there, what I learned – and then encourage you to consider attending the next one. There is on scheduled for April 8-10, 2019 in Morton Illinois. Morton is about 10 miles southeast of Peoria.

The primary speakers for the event were Ed Stetzer, Dr. Eugene Habecker, Jared Wilson, and Jason McConnell. All the speakers spoke to the heart and to the situation of the small-church small-town pastor.

Often when a small church pastor attends a typical pastors’ conference, they feel out of place because so much of the information is geared towards large churches and their staff. This is not the case at the RHMA conference.

But for me, the real highlight of the conference was meeting other small-church pastors. These are hard working men.  They love Jesus and they want their congregations to love Jesus as well. Many I met are bi-vocational, and some are second career pastors, much like myself. I really liked getting to know these men and I have since kept up with a couple of them.

The stats say that the over half the churches in the US have less than 75 people. Around 90 percent are less than 250. That means the number of small-church pastors is huge. Sadly, many of us function alone.

When I work out of my church and look out the window, all I see are a few cows of a small dairy farm. I have to drive a distance to meet other pastors.

But when I attend the RHMA conference, I am surrounded by many men in the same situation. We talk, we share ministry and it is encouraging and it is my favorite part of the conference.

Let me share a few things I learned from a select few of the speakers. I attended Dr. Habecker’s seminar on Courageous Conversations and forgiveness in Pastoral Leadership. The bulk of his seminar covered the Forgiveness Cycle. You can learn more about this in his book The Softer Side of Leadership: Essential Soft Skills That Transform Leaders and the People They Lead.

I have a friend who is an executive coach. He works with CEOs and CFOs of major corporations. What is the primary thing he helps these C level leaders with? Soft skills.

I coach small-church pastors and some missionaries. What is a topic that eventually comes to the surface? Soft Skills.

What are soft skills? A simple definition is “personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people.”

All of us, no matter how gracious we may be, need to improve in our soft skills. Consider picking up Dr. Habecker’s book, The Softer Side of Leadership to learn how these impact your world of ministry. Or you want some personal coaching on soft skills, email me and we can address these skills through Christian Leadership Coaching. [email protected]

Ron Klassen had a seminar titled Maximizing The Strengths of the Town and Country Church.

Ron recommended some great resources – David Ray’s book, The Big Small Church and the work of Christian Schwarz. I have links to these in the show notes.

Part of Ron’s seminar included four points on maximizing the relational strength of your church. Here they are:

1. Focus on personal relationships more than the quantity of relationships. I love this and if you think about it, a pastor’s ability to focus on personal relationships is a strength of a small church.
2. Be intentional about making intergenerational relationships a centerpiece of your church’s ministry. My only question here is the demographics I face and maybe you face. Much of my church is older. Sometimes we have young people for a season. So my question is, “What is the necessary step prior to this one that either holds the younger people in the church or draws them to it?” I think this is a great topic of a future conference or a podcast episode.
3. Emphasize the advantages of relating with people from all walks of life and encourage your congregation to be purposeful about doing it. This point reminds me of the time, early in my ministry at the rural church where I serve. A farmer, by the name of Gordon, asked me to help him get the hay in. At the time Gordon was using the small bails. Now I am a chubby pastor who sits behind a computer all day. This work almost killed me. I think my flush face and hard breathing scared Gordon because he has never asked me back. Thankfully he also changed to the big bales and can now get it in with a forklift. In my church, I have farmers, bricklayers, electricians, AND I also have computer programmers and government contractors. I need to find a way to relate to all of them. Without being killed by the experience.
4. Finally, design the worship service to reflect the relational bent of the congregation. Ron gave the examples such as adding a sharing and praying time and adding a personal touch to the greeting and announcements. These are simple changes any of us can do.

The final session I want to share was that of Jared Wilson. He spoke on the subject of Ministry in Hard Soil.

Instead of sharing the details of his talk, I want to share just a few points he made.

Early in his session, he asked an important question: Is joy a dominant theme in your ministry?

So is it? Is joy the dominant theme in your ministry?

 Later, as he spoke on Ezekiel 37, Jared said, “The purpose of Christianity is not to make good people better but to make dead people alive.”

I’ll add my two cents here. There is a lot of making good people better and only a little of making dead people alive in the church today. How do we make dead people alive? The answer is Jesus and His gospel.

Jared presented several points on doing ministry in hard soil. Here is one that stood out to me.  Hard soil requires hardy prayers. I like that. And it makes me wonder if I am praying enough.

I have not mentioned all of the speakers. If you would like to hear the entire conference, recordings were available for purchase. I am not sure how long they will offer them, but I would encourage you to go to RHMA.org and ask if you can purchase the full set.

Thanks to RHMA for a great conference. I look forward to the next one in Lancaster.

Don’t forget the one in Illinois in 2019. Go to RHMA.org for more information

Thanks for listening to Coaching Christian Leaders. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or where ever you get your podcasts.

As I mentioned, I am a small-church pastor, but I also have a Christian Coaching Practice that focuses on small-church pastors. If you are a small-church pastor email me at [email protected]. I would love to walk alongside you as your coach. So, feel free to email me about any question you may have about the coaching I provide.

Thanks again, and I will speak with you soon.

Hugh Plappert is a businessman, an innovator, and a man who loves Jesus Christ. And Hugh loves to help churches grow and help churches disciple their people.

Today, Hugh will share how his product, ChurchGrowthinaBox.com is a great tool that will help both small and large churches reach people and disciple people.

Hugh Shares

• How he and his family came to know Jesus as their Savior
• How his life in business has been used to help ministries and spread the Gospel
• An overview of ChurchGrowthinaBox.com
• How his website builds disciples
• His upcoming Webinar - How to Launch a Disciple-Making Year Without Hours of Meetings.

Resources

Church Growth in a Box Website

Upcoming Webinar - How to Launch a Disciple-Making Year without Hours of Meetings. Tuesday, November 6th, 11:00 am Central Time.

Closing Thoughts  If you are the pastor of a small church and need some support, some coaching, then contact me. You can reach me at [email protected].  Over the past month, the leaders I have spoken with have talked about work-life balance, avoiding burnout, and how to navigate through tough situations. If these ring a bell with you, please contact me. I would be honored to walk with you and coach you. Also, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and most any podcast app.

Today we visit with Dr. Warren Haynes, the author of the book Discipleship Uncomplicated. 

Dr. Haynes is the National Director of Contextualized Leadership Development for Gateway Seminary. His work puts him at the forefront of leadership training and disciple-making.

Today he shares from his book, Discipleship Uncomplicated.

He shared

• His faith story and how it links to his current work - 00:45
• His position as the National Director of Contextualized Leadership Development for Gateway Seminary - 3:30
• The intended reader of his book, Discipleship Uncomplicated - 5:44
• Why his book is unique - 5:30
• An example of real-life disciple-making - 9:40
• A definition of a disciple - 11:40
• Eight principles of disciple-making - 13:45

1. Love God, Love People
2. What’s Your Name?
3. Let’s Pray
4. This is for You
5. Let Me Share a Story; Tell Me Your Story
6. Come with Me
7. Gather People
8. How to Multiply Leaders

• The difference between being a disciple and making a disciple - 18:00
• Why is it important in the disciple-making process to help or care for people. - 20:55
• The four types of stories we can use to inspire people - 24:20

1. God’s Story
2. Our Story
3. Biblical Stories that Apply to Today
4. Life Stories

• The impact of storytelling - 25:45
• How a small group can use his book - 30:24

Contact Information

His email: [email protected]

Resources

His book, Discipleship Uncomplicated

His website; www.warrentalks.com

Closing Thoughts

I help pastors build healthy churches. Lately, my emphasis has been working with small churches. If you are the pastor of a small church and need some support, some coaching, then contact me. You can reach me at [email protected]. 

Over the past month, the leaders I have spoken with have talked about work-life balance, avoiding burnout, and how to navigate through tough situations. If these ring a bell with you, please contact me. I would be honored to walk with you and coach you.

Also, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast.  You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and most any podcast app. 

Why is it essential that kids fall in love with Jesus? What must be done to ensure children and youth retain their faith as they grow up? How do you teach and disciple young people? These are some of the questions Ben Palacz and Tony Trussoni answer today on Coaching Christian Leaders.

Ben Palacz is the Family and Children’s Discipleship Pastor at Curtis Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia. Tony Trussoni is the Student and Family Pastor at Faith Family Church in Finksburg, Maryland. These men are also the creators and hosts of The Theological Family Ministry Podcast.

Both of these men share their expertise in family ministry.

They Share

• How they ended up in Family Ministry – 1:00
• How to define Family Ministry – 3:20
• How to connect with the parents – 5:00
• Ensuring faith retention – 6:20
• How family ministry can reach different ages – 7:40
• Why Christ must capture their hearts – 10:00
• Should children ministry be separated from adult ministry – 11:30
• The role of the Senior Pastor in family ministry – 15:00
• The purpose of the Theological Family Ministry Podcast – 17:30
• What the podcast covers – 19:20
• The role entertainment plays in youth ministry – 21:00
• Teaching Kids and Youth the Message of the Text – Episode 40 – 24:00
• How to offer the opportunity of salvation to young children – 26:00

Resources Mentioned

The Theological Family Ministry Podcast

Show Them Jesus: Teaching the Gospel to Kids, by Jack Klumpenhower

Contact Information

Their email: [email protected]

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God, in His wisdom, has chosen to use people to share His Son, Jesus. That outreach starts in the local community and involves teamwork and creativity. 

Today we meet a man who is doing all of the above - Dale Kline. Dale is the Creative Pastor and a Campus Pastor for Lifesong Church. Dale will help us understand the leadership role of campus pastor and also understand the place creativity plays in ministry.

Dale Shared

• His Faith Story – 0:45
• His role as Campus Pastor of LifeSong Church Worcester Campus – 2:35
• The Four Types of Campus Pastors – 6:10
• Why his role is important – 9:15
• The pitfalls of this model of church – 11:30
• His role as the Creative Pastor – 15:30
• How even a small church can create a unified and effective message – 19:20
• How to create MindShare in your church marketing – 24:00
• The Composition of the Creative Team – 27:58
• How to plan for large events – 30:00

Contact Information

Dale's email: [email protected]

Resources

The Four Types of Campus Pastors (And Which One You Need) by Danny Watterson  https://www.vanderbloemen.com/blog/the-4-types-of-campus-pastors-and-which-one-you-need

The Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Isaacson

The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months, by Brian Moran and Michael Lennington

Closing Thoughts Thanks for listening to this episode of Coaching Christian Leaders. Please subscribe to Coaching Christian Leaders and never miss an episode. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and most any podcast app. Also, visit our Facebook Page and leave a review there or join the conversation.  Finally, join the Coaching Christian Leaders team. You can do so by clicking HERE.  I send an email to all team members when a new episode is released. This email includes the show notes and Member Only Resources. I will never share your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time.

When a combat veteran returns home, the war doesn't end.  An enemy, unseen to us, continues to attack. But this battlefield is spiritual, not physical. And the wounds suffered are divorce, addiction, homelessness, and even suicide.

Reboot Combat Recovery is making a difference. This 12-week faith-based course helps combat veterans rebuild their lives and experience a breakthrough in their personal battle with combat trauma.

In this episode, we sit down with Bryan Flanery, the Engagement Coordinator for Reboot Combat Recovery. Bryan is a combat veteran, a man who struggled with PTSD, and a graduate of Reboot. 

He shares his story, his victory over hopelessness, and the great impact Reboot Combat Recovery made on his life.

Bryan Shared:

• His faith story - :40
• What he would've missed had his suicide attempt been successful - 6:25
• The mission of Reboot Combat Recovery - 8:45
• The symptoms of PTSD and the impact it makes on the extended family - 10:50
• How the Reboot Combat Recovery course helps with healing - 16:25
• What to expect the first time you attend - 22:00
• How much it costs - 23:00
• Group size - 24:40
• Who can host the course - 26:50
• The impact this course is making in the lives of veterans and their families - 28:00

Resources

The Combat Trauma Healing Manual: Christ-centered Solutions for Combat Trauma by Chris Adsit

Armed Services Ministry of the American Bible Society video

Contact Info

[email protected]

Closing Thoughts

Please visit https://rebootrecovery.com to learn more. At this website, you can find a group near you, learn how to start your own group, and how to support Reboot.

Thanks for listening to this episode of Coaching Christian Leaders. Please subscribe to Coaching Christian Leaders and never miss an episode. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and most any podcast app. Also, visit our Facebook Page and leave a review there or join the conversation.  Finally, join the Coaching Christian Leaders team. You can do so by clicking HERE.  I send an email to all team members when a new episode is released. This email includes the show notes and Member Only Resources. I will never share your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time.  

 

God uses people to accomplish His purposes. And God is using Adam Feldman in Ellicott City, Maryland. 

Adam is a community leader, a lead pastor, an author, and a coach.  He is the lead pastor of Metanoia Church. He is the author of two books, Journaling: Catalyzing Spiritual Growth Through Reflection and Addressing the Spiritual Formation Needs of a New Church. He is a coach who works with church planters. And he is a recognized community leader as the chair for The One EC Recovery Project.

Adam Shared

• His faith story - 2:00
• His decision to plant a church in Ellicott City, Maryland - 4:20
• About the flood that devastated Ellicott City .and One EC Project - 7:22
• Why is community involvement is important to him - 10:50
• About his work as a church-planter coach - 14:00
• Some coaching steps for church planters - 15:40
• Insights on how to replant a church - 18:50
• Details about his book Addressing the Spiritual Formation Needs of a New Church - What spiritual formation is and why it is important. - 20:34
• Details about his book Journaling: Catalyzing Spiritual Growth Through Reflection - 25:17
• What makes his book different - 30:00
• Some tips on how to get started in journaling - 32:15

His Books

Journaling: Catalyzing Spiritual Growth Through Reflection

Addressing the Spiritual Formation Needs of a New Church

Contact Information

[email protected]

Closing Thoughts Thanks for listening to this episode of Coaching Christian Leaders. Please subscribe to Coaching Christian Leaders and never miss an episode. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and most any podcast app. Also, visit our Facebook Page and leave a review there or join the conversation.  Finally, join the Coaching Christian Leaders team. You can do so by clicking HERE.  I send an email to all team members when a new episode is released. This email includes the show notes and Member Only Resources. I will never share your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Pastor Jim Hosey shares his experience with revival. On February 3, 1970, God showed up on the campus of Asbury College. Revival broke out, it lasted over 180 hours and then spread throughout the United States and beyond.

Jim shares his personal experience at this revival in Wilmore Kentucky as well as the movement of God later in Tennessee.

Books

One Divine Moment by Robert E. Coleman

Spontaneous Revivals: Asbury College 1905-2006 Firsthand Accounts of Lives Transformed by Robert Kanary and Kyle Shroeder

Halls Aflame: An Account of the Spontaneous Revivals at Asbury College in 1950 and 1958, by Henry C. James and Paul Rader. This book documents a different revival that took place in 1950 and 1958.

Movies

A Revival Account: Asbury 1970

Asbury College Revival 1970

Closing Thoughts Thanks for listening to this episode of Coaching Christian Leaders. Please subscribe to Coaching Christian Leaders and never miss an episode. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and most any podcast app. Also, visit our Facebook Page and leave a review there or join the conversation.  Finally, join the Coaching Christian Leaders team. You can do so by clicking HERE.  I send an email to all team members when a new episode is released. This email includes the show notes and Member Only Resources. I will never share your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Dr. John Thorington of Restoring Hearts Counseling shares his expertise in counseling teens, couples, and church leaders who struggle with sexual addiction and other compulsive behaviors.

Dr. Thorington is a licensed professional counselor. He is also certified as a Sexual Recovery Therapist by the American Association of Sex Addiction Therapy. He holds four degrees—a BA in Religion and Psychology, a Master of Divinity, a Doctor of Ministry degree, and an MA in Community Counseling.

John works as a pastoral counselor at Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs, CO, and has 29 years of experience as a pastor in the local church. He is able to offer confidential, specialized help to pastors. He is also the author of the book Pure Teens: Honoring God, Relationships, and Sex

Dr. Thorington Shared

1. His testimony - 1:00
2. The focus of Restoring Hearts Counseling - 3:10
3. The widespread nature of sexual addiction, especially pornography within the church - 4:40
4. What tweens are and why is social media bad for them
5. The intended reader of this book Pure Teens: Honoring God, Relationships, and Sex - 6:13
6. The purpose of the Sexual Integrity Workouts at the end of each chapter - 10:55
7. Steps a teenager can take to create a battle plan to stay porn free - 11:40
8. How a pastor can struggle with porn - 16:00
9. His three-day intensives for pastors and their spouses - 17:50
10. The follow-up that is provided - 21:30

Contact Info

 John's email is [email protected]

Resources

His book Pure Teens, Honoring God, Relationships, and Sex

He also recommended The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals, by Chris McChesney, Sean Covey, and Jim Huling

Closing Thoughts Thanks for listening to this episode of Coaching Christian Leaders. Please subscribe to Coaching Christian Leaders and never miss an episode. You can subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, and most any podcast app. Also, visit our Facebook Page and leave a review there or join the conversation.  Finally, join the Coaching Christian Leaders team. You can do so by clicking HERE.  I send an email to all team members when a new episode is released. This email includes the show notes and Member Only Resources. I will never share your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time.