4. Spend time with new people in your church.
Ask them what they liked. Ask them what they would change. Ask them to be honest. Pay attention to what you learn. Build on the good. Modify the not-so-good.
5. Evaluate your annual church calendar.
Does your church, or its ministries, do the exact same things year after year? Certainly, repeating events that work is good. But, do you do some events just because you’ve always done them? Do they have the same spiritual impact they once did? Do you need to drop or modify them?
6. Does your leadership culture invite honest feedback and evaluation about your ministry?
Do you regularly evaluate ministry initiatives and events? Or, is the planning process over when the event is over? Learning cultures will ruthlessly evaluate what they do so they can do better next time.
7. Pray.
Though last in this list, it is not least. Ask the Lord to show you what you’ve become blind to.
What would you add to this list to help cure familiarity blindness in a church?
