![]() ![]() We tell the story, and as we do so we clarify our ministry plans for the future. For example, we’ll talk about raising up new small group leaders, or equipping a new biblical counselor, or emboldening evangelistic efforts in a particular neighborhood. We want to testify to the work God has done throughout the various ministries of our church. I’ve tried to implement this shift in the church I pastor by being clear about at least these two things: what we’re trying to accomplish and how we organize our time.Īs our elders prepare for a members’ meeting, we’re trying to accomplish four leadership objectives and four membership objectives-all woven together with worship and prayer. Even back then, I knew what we were trying to do was something that really should be, and could be, spiritual and God-centered and joyous-and yet, it seemed our implementation rarely lifted beyond the informational.īut about five years ago, I saw something quite different from other churches, and my expectations of a members’ meeting changed from “information about what we are doing” to “inspiration about what God has been doing and, we pray, will continue to do.” The only members’ meetings I’d ever sat through involved tedious budget walk-throughs, informational updates from various committees, and, in the good months, the happy reception of new members. Now, I came by this impression honestly-having grown up in a rather typical and small Baptist church. That’s the word that comes to mind when I used to think of members’ meetings.
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