{"id":21142,"date":"2018-01-24T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T13:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/?p=21142"},"modified":"2024-01-10T09:43:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T14:43:58","slug":"culture-shift-course-of-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mintools.com\/blog\/culture-shift-course-of-action.htm","title":{"rendered":"Culture Shift Following the Right Course of Action"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Culture<\/p>\n

To make serving, with everybody doing their part, engrained in who we are as a Church, takes a culture shift<\/a>. We get there by building an awareness of God’s design<\/a> for the growth and health of the Body as seen in His commands about serving. We accept the challenge<\/a> of equipping people to do their parts, understanding that it takes time and patience to get there. With the groundwork laid, we then need to put a course of action in place that will facilitate everybody doing their parts.<\/p>\n

The Right Course of Action Could Depend on Your Setting<\/h2>\n

How easy it is to look at what other churches are doing and follow suit. A cookie cutter approach<\/a> fails to take important factors into consideration.<\/p>\n

1) Where you are<\/p>\n

The readiness of people makes such a difference in any kind of change. You need to know where people are in order to take them to the next step. If you try to go from A to Z all at once, your efforts are bound to fail. As seen in Proverbs 27:23, you need to “Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds.”<\/p>\n

2) What you already have in place<\/p>\n

Sometimes you can build on what you’re already doing. Sometimes you must initiate a new strategy.\u00a0The specific action steps may vary depending on where you’re beginning and what’s already in place.<\/p>\n

Key Factors That Need to Be a Part of Any Course of Action to Promote a Culture Shift<\/h2>\n

We need to make it an ongoing emphasis and effort<\/strong><\/em>, more than a shot in the arm. — People need constant reminders, through various means, that God designed the Church to function in a certain way that brings health and growth to the Body. We can so easily get distracted. We can so quickly forget.<\/p>\n

We need to provide tools or a pathway for getting there<\/strong><\/em> to sustain this directive in order to make it part of the church’s culture. This could include, but not be limited to:<\/p>\n