From One Thing event
Reggie McNeil opens up – to a capactiy filled banquet.
“Four Shifts For the Church”
Apastolic Leadership (rather than traditional based clergy leadership)
- most clergy want to change the world, but find out that their job is nothing more than “project manager”
-character of apatolic leadership
—–visionary——
they bring vision to their role. they aren’t working from a “how to” leadership book
they operate on a future that is compelling
first disciples went into the world who did not want them.
If there isn’t a vision that grips you, it won’t grip anyone around them
They work in partnerships
They are preparing for what is coming, not what is happening
We must move from “planting” mentality to a “prepared” mentality
Thoise who prepare will ride the wave that God is directing
You don’t pull of “Exodus” in a strategic planning meeting
What do you need to do to prepare?
Vision of the people you lead: In old days you were told to be the vision castor to the people. In the new world, vision bubbles up (it doesn’t cascade down”
God’s already prepared a generation for Missional Church
Prayer isn’t begging God’s attention, it is getting into his reality
In order to get there, we must be willing to get paid differently
An apostalistic leader will find alternative funding sources
You will not be able to get your church to vote to go Missional, if you put it to a vote, they’ll vote to go back to Egypt.
You reach critical mass before majority vote – once you hit critical mass, you don’t need to vote, you can’t help but do it.
Results – what are you looking to happen?
If we aren’t willing to redo the scorecard (the dillema is that we have a builder scorecard) – if you want to try to do a missional church you have to change the scorecard
“How many better marriages do we have?”
“How man more people are in less bondage to money?”
Get in touch with stuff that real people care about
Strenths -
You as a leader must learn on how to lead from what you bring to the table not what you don’t
Your best shot is to get better at what you are already good at
In church life, the reason we have mediocrity is because we ask people to be playing all the positions
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