You’re in no-man’s land. You’re too contemporary to be traditional, and too traditional to be contemporary.
And the gap between you and culture is growing wider every day.
3. You Don’t Have a Relevant Church If Everyone on Your Team Is Your Age
This isn’t so much a problem if you’re 22 and just starting out. To have a young leadership team of idealistic people is an awesome thing.
Sure, some wisdom wouldn’t hurt, but still, the world often gets changed by young leaders on a mission.
But what happens is that 20-year-olds eventually turn 30. Fast forward a bit, and everyone on your senior leadership team is in their mid-50s.
That’s a big issue.
Left uncorrected, churches tend to age with their leader.
As a leader in my early 50s, I’ve had to be incredibly intentional about surrounding myself with leaders in their 20s and 30s, something that really energizes me.
You may not have the chemistry or familiarity with younger leaders that you do with your peers who have been through life with you, but renewing the leadership table with younger leaders is critical.
It’s easy for older leaders to think that younger leaders are too young to lead.
You were too, once. And someone took a chance on you anyway. And you did some of your best work then too, didn’t you?
4. You Don’t Have a Relevant Church If Change Makes You Tired
Change is difficult at the best of times, but if even the sound of change makes you tired, it’s a sign that you’re becoming irrelevant.
It’s normal to default to the status quo. We all do.
