Podcast Episode #526
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Taking risks is part of leadership. Today we discuss a few risks taken during my ministry and how some worked and how some didn’t.
Some highlights from today’s episode include:
- Even if an idea is good, if it’s an unfamiliar idea to a church it may not gain support because “we’ve never done it that way before.”
- When the newness of something wears off, the challenge of “making it work” begins.
- Don’t just fill staff vacancies like they’ve always been filled. Staff to the current and future needs of the church when an opening comes.
- Sometimes risks are steps of faith. Sometimes they are acts of stupidity.
The six risks we discuss are:
- Hiring a staff pastor without the funds
- Attempting to buy an entire church facility from another church.
- Going multi-site before multi-site was cool.
- Having a combination meal and worship service.
- Hiring a staff member with dual responsibilities of groups and evangelism.
- Getting a new Christian to lead the welcome ministry.
Resources mentioned in today’s podcast
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