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Is Your Congregation Committed to Change?

In the newest book by Ken Blanchard and a team of colleagues—Who Killed Change—is the following quote concerning the commitment of a congregation to change. I love it! Perhaps you will too.

“The congregation—made up of leaders and mangers—comes every Sunday. They smile, nod, shake my hand and then go out and behave any way they want Monday through Saturday. Academically, they understand that people are much more likely to buy in to a Change when they are involved in the planning and have an opportunity to influence decisions. The leaders and managers are just not, may I say, committed to consistently applying the knowledge.” [18]

How is that like what goes on in your congregation?

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Aug 15, 2009
oldview2 said...
We have some people who are dead set against change, and want to go back to a place sometimes in the past when they knew everyone in "their" Church. They will resort to any gossip, any rumor, any inuend to try and keep change at bay. Yet, everything is going to change, they are just making sure it changes for the worst.

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