I’m thrilled to be able to announce that Imago Dei Community Church Phoenix is launching on Sunday, September 23rd at 10:00am at the Barry Goldwater Performing Arts Center! Check out the video below!
Imago Dei is a Vision Arizona Church Plant, which is the Church Planting Network that Sun Valley Community Church is deeply involved in.
If you live in the North Phoenix area don’t miss the 23rd!
With 2013 quickly approaching most Churches and Ministries are getting ready to enter into a period of planning and goal setting for the new ministry year. Goal setting can be an effective tool to take tangible steps that lead you and the overall organization towards making vision become reality. But how do you know if the goals you’re setting are the right ones? Here’s a quick list to get you going the right direction:
So what’s missing from the list? What would you add?
Need help figuring out how to make the vision God’s given you become reality? Let’s talk!
We recently began a new Saturday evening service at Sun Valley Community Church. We were previously doing one 5:00pm service on Saturdays and the new service times are 4:30pm and 6:00pm. Here are a couple of the strategic thoughts behind the shift…
I’m stoked about the new Coaching Network beginning in a couple of weeks. These are the incredible people that I’ll be sharing life with over the next six months with links to their churches and Twitter accounts if they’re on Twitter (no pressure guys).
1. Abel Gurrola, Lead Pastor from Iglesia Vida located in Chandler, AZ
2. Micah Hutchison, Executive Pastor from Harvest Community Church located in Mesa, AZ
3. John Nichols, High School & Young Adult Pastor from Rock Point Church located in Gilbert, AZ
4. Colin Noonan, Director of Youth Ministries from Mountain View Lutheran Church located in Phoenix, AZ
5. Jonathan Seabourn, Pastor of Operations & Equipping from Imago Dei Community Church located in Phoenix, AZ
6. Joe Stewart, Lead Pastor from Sabino Road Baptist Church located in Tucson, AZ
7. Greg Suiter, High School Pastor from Sun Valley Community Church, Gilbert Campus located in Gilbert, AZ
8. Ira Towns, Executive Pastor from Atlantic Shores Baptist Church located in Virginia Beach, VA
Although this coaching network is closed, it’s not too early to apply for the next round that will begin in the spring of 2013. Here are the coaching network details including a link to the application.
In the mean time, say hello to my new friends, check out their church websites and connect with them on Twitter!
There are all kinds of threats and challenges facing the church these days. But underlying them all is one common denominator. The greatest crisis facing the modern day church is a crisis of leadership. Churches don’t naturally attract, develop, or keep leaders. But why?
Leaders live in the future. They dream about what should be. Most churches are consumed with preserving the past.
Growing and developing young leaders requires giving leadership away. But when the organization is driven by a personality rarely are young leaders given real leadership opportunities to experiment with and grow from.
A majority of churches are stuck, not because they don’t have a vision, but they have not aligned the systems and ministries of the church to move people and the church towards that preferred future. Leaders grow frustrated in silo oriented misaligned organizations.
Leaders by their very nature are change agents. Because the unstated goal of most churches is to preserve the past, church leaders find themselves fighting the family instead of fighting the enemy.
High capacity leaders can use their skills in a variety of industries and participate in meaningful work. Many churches simply aren’t willing to, or can’t pay leaders what they’re worth.
How are you addressing these underlying issues of an anti-leadership culture in your church? What’s missing from the list?
I help churches make vision real. I am a pastor, speaker, strategist, and ministry consultant at The Unstuck Group.
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