{"id":21135,"date":"2018-01-17T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=21135"},"modified":"2024-01-10T09:43:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:43:16","slug":"culture-shift-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/culture-shift-challenge.htm","title":{"rendered":"Culture Shift is a Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We lay a good foundation for changing people&#8217;s attitudes, thinking, and actions toward serving by helping them understand <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/culture-shift-commands.htm\">why it&#8217;s so important<\/a>. We help them understand that ultimately they&#8217;re accountable to the Lord in following His design, not us. We would hope that would be sufficient to motivate people to do their part. Yet, in many cases making it part of your church&#8217;s culture still alludes you.<\/p>\n<h2>Why it&#8217;s such a Challenge to Shift the Way People Feel About Serving<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;re dealing with people&#8217;s previous perceptions. We must model a new way of being the church for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;re dealing with people&#8217;s priorities. We must bear with them as they rearrange what they&#8217;ve viewed as more important to align with God&#8217;s.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;re dealing with people&#8217;s hearts. We must be patient as God does a work in them to move them from self-centeredness to selflessness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Accept the Challenge that Comes with making a Culture Shift<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21131\" src=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/culture-shift.jpg\" alt=\"Culture Shift to Follow God's Design is a Challenge\" width=\"204\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/culture-shift.jpg 204w, https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/culture-shift-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"class2\" style=\"padding-top: 20px;\"><em><strong>We need to accept the challenge to equip or disciple people<\/strong><\/em>, to function purposefully, even when it seems inconvenience or uncomfortable. &#8212; <em>So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up &#8230; (Eph. 4:11-14)<\/em> To &#8220;consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds&#8221; (Heb. 10:24) requires knowing and following the right course of action to get people there &#8230; the topic of the next post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"class2\" style=\"clear: both;\"><em><strong>We need to accept the challenge to keep the focus on Christ<\/strong><\/em>, who is the Head, not on ourselves. It&#8217;s about submitting to Him and His ways, not our own agendas. It&#8217;s about depending on Him to sustain us, not our own strength. &#8212; <em>Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work. (Eph. 4:15-16)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>We need to accept the challenge to persevere<\/strong><\/em>, however long it takes. We live in a world of instant gratification. Culture shifts, however, take time. &#8212; <em>Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.\u00a0<span class=\"class2\">(Gal. 6:9)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We lay a good foundation for changing people\u2019s attitudes, thinking, and actions toward serving by helping them understand why it\u2019s so important. 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