by Bill Wilson | May 28, 2019 | change
I am increasingly focusing my time and attention on discerning what is the primary leadership skill needed among pastors for this season of the Protestant church in America. While it is dangerous to paint with too broad a brush, it appears to me that pastors of...
by Jim Kitchens | May 7, 2019 | change
There’s a lot of talk out there these days about how churches are having to deal with change: hard change, messy change, adaptive change. Those of us in pastoral leadership know these challenges are not merely theoretical. Every day, we encounter real change on the...
by Bill Wilson | Apr 30, 2019 | change
A friend was telling me about an organization that is struggling to adapt to some very necessary changes. While not a church, the observation she made about their inability to adjust to a changing world rings true for many of us. Her observation focused on the...
by Tracy Hartman | Nov 20, 2018 | change
I am a member at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. In 2008, we began to welcome refugees from Burma into our congregation, many of whom spoke little or no English. Today, we serve together, side-by-side, learning from and teaching each other. On any given...
by Bill Wilson | Nov 7, 2018 | Adapting, change
I have had the privilege of working with numerous congregations to clarify their identity and lean into the future proactively. When that has gone well, one consequence has nearly always been true. The fresh vision requires a significant shift in the organizational...
by Bill Wilson | Aug 28, 2018 | change, Uncategorized
As part of our work with congregations who are engaging in the process of imagining their future, we invite them to first look back and connect with their past. One effective tool for doing that is to create a timeline that includes significant events from the life of...
