Packed Stadiums and Empty Sanctuaries: Painful Questions We Must Answer
A pastor friend of mine recently attended a college football game. He barely got a ticket. The place was PACKED! Sold out.
It got us both thinking…
The juxtaposition of packed football stadiums and partially full sanctuaries creates a strategic crisis.
And it should.
Why Are Stadiums Sold Out?
Why are hundreds of thousands of church people jamming into football stadiums with rabid enthusiasm yet skipping church almost every Sunday?
What is the in-person football experience offering that the church is not?
What did people miss about football?
And the most painful question of them all: What did church people NOT miss when they missed church for a year?
I’ve come to believe most churches remain partially full because people missed it for a year and didn’t really miss it.
The time for excuses is over. It’s time to act. It is time to evolve our approach and create something worth not missing.
In this NEW POST, I try to engage our minds around the problem. Perhaps we collectively can work towards solutions.
7 Actions to Take When Leading Toward a Future You Can’t Predict
NEW POST: 7 Actions to Take When Leading Toward a Future You Can’t Predict
QUESTION ANSWERED IN THIS POST: As a leader, what should you do when you need to lead forward into a future you can’t predict?
Some context:
Anyone else exhausted by bold leaders and their convincing statements about a future they can’t actually predict?
Of course, I get it. A leader’s calling is to LEAD. Leaders consider present situations to inspire future direction.
We are not called, however, to pretend we know what the future holds.
We are leaders, not fortune tellers.
I refuse to be bold enough to prescribe a strategy. I will tell you what I believe great leaders do when looking at the future.
In this post, I give you 7 leadership actions to take when you are unsure about the future.
Your Entire Church is Basically Dechurched. Now What?
When we think about the dechurched people in our community, we don’t think about our current congregation. But the pandemic made virtually everyone dechurched. And they’re behaving as such.
That means we need to adjust our expectations and approach.
No longer should we assume that people will join a small group, invite a friend, volunteer, or provide financial support.
We are all church planting now.
In this NEW POST, I outline the 4 specific areas of engagement churches need to rethink in light of the pandemic.
And as always, I love helping leaders make things better and make better things. Go to my site today and to sign up for a 15-minute conversation to see if working together works for you.
