1. Strategy
So I’m a strategy wonk. If you read this blog, you know that.
I think many churches fail for lack of a clear, coherent strategy. I wrote in detail about how mission, vision and strategy interrelate here.
But strategy is no substitute for trust.
As valuable as strategy is (and it is), no strategy is a substitute for trusting God.
Strategy makes an excellent servant and a terrible master.
2. Skill
By all means, get better at what you do. Learn, listen, polish and perfect your skills.
Skill alone can get you far, but the church is a supernatural thing.
God changes hearts. You can’t. I can’t.
You know what’s better than a skill set? A surrendered skill set. Having a B-level set of skills that’s surrendered is better than an A-level set of skills you’re trying to use without God.
3. Size
There is no merit in size.
Some leaders think only bigger is better. But idolizing big can be a thin mask for ego. (Your self-worth rises and falls with big.)
Some idolize the romanticism of small. Yet idolizing small can be a thin mask for insecurity. (You love small only because you will never be big.)
