The culture continues to change rapidly around you as a leader, and especially as a church leader.
If anything, the pace is accelerating, not slowing.
The question is: Are you and your team ready for all that’s ahead?
For the last two years, I’ve kicked off the new year with a post on disruptive church trends. You might still find those helpful. You can read the six trends for 2017 here, and the trends for 2016 here.
It’s critical church leaders keep trying new things and keep experimenting.
Why? Because the gap between how quickly you change and how quickly things change around you is called irrelevance.
And as I’ve said before, too many church leaders are perfectly equipped to reach a world that no longer exists.
In the hopes of helping every leader better accomplish our collective mission, here are seven disruptive church trends I see defining conversation and action in 2018.
Accomplish Your Goals in 2018
Organizational change is one thing. But the key to being able to handle all the challenges you face depends on your capacity as a leader.
How do you grow your capacity to navigate everything in front of you?
After all, too often, constant interruptions and distractions keep many leaders from getting even blog posts like this read, let alone finding the time to lead their teams through the day’s most compelling issues. And, sadly, work keeps bleeding into family time. Before you know it, all your hopes for a better year get dashed.
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With that said, here are the church trends I think will dominate 2018.
1. A Move Beyond Church in a Box
Let me start out by saying I’m a huge supporter of the local church. Anyone who’s read these pages would know that.
The mission of the local church is the most important mission on planet earth. Which is why this issue is so critical.
This year I think more leaders than ever are going to rethink our centuries-old model of making people come to a building on Sunday.
If you think about it, most churches (even growing churches, new churches and large churches) effectively say, “We’d love for you to come into a relationship with Jesus Christ, and to do it you need to join us at a set hour every Sunday in a particular space we meet in. Beyond that, we’re not sure what to do.”
That’s a remnant from a day when everything was done on a set clock. You sat down Thursday night at 8 to watch your favorite show, because you didn’t want to miss it.
