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New Ideas, Old Church
Five steps for giving change a chance.
Todd Pylant

Topics:Communication, Decision making, Education, Empowerment, Management, Planning, Strategy
Filters:Church board, Deacon, Elder, Management, Pastor
Purpose:Fellowship
References:Acts 17:19
Date Added:December 05, 2007

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5. Generate Excitement

During a Sunday night service, we presented the new model. After I preached on our historic values, a guest speaker presented the philosophy behind the model. The committee created a wonderful presentation complete with professional sketches and models of the new children's space. The evening ended with buzzing excitement. We had moved from "It'll never happen" to "It might happen" to "It has to happen."

Change is possible even in an old, historic church. Of course, Mrs. Abbott still hates the idea. But through it all, I learned that the real obstacle to change is not the Mrs. Abbotts of the world but my courage and ability to lead. These steps made me a better leader.

Excerpted from our sister publication, Leadership journal, © 2005 Christianity Today International. For more articles like this, visit www.Leadershipjournal.net