Running head: HOW TO INTRODUCE CHANGE IN YOUR CHURCH

How to Introduce Change in your Church
Barbara Lockhart
Indiana Wesley Seminary
LEAD 540 Non-Profit Management Dr. Bob Whitesel

Abstract

In life a changes are made good one bad one. Sometime it just happen. How effective can church leaders obtain making changes and everybody will be please. Is this possible with church members? I will attempt to give some insight on making change in the church. These changes I will draw your attention to will be for the growth of the church and uplifting of the kingdom work. I know that everybody will not see the change in the present stage but the future will prove itself.

One of the first strategy I would using in making changes in the church I would implement a survey with all the volunteer and group leaders, and mistrial staff. Upon receiving their feedback I would do a survey with the congration and the community. In changing you must consider individual difference in age group cultural. I would have a group of brainstorming committee. I would systematically collect fresh idea, look for creativity thinking people to remove themselves from traditional thinking. I decide a survey this week in since this paper is on implement changes. I was at one of the group meeting I belong to. I made a suggest to implement some new teacher for basic training for the church. I received a loud amen from member setting in the back of the church. Another member older in her late seventy you would thought I said the world coming to an end. I could had went into more detailed how the training would enhance the church but I want to see a respond to the suggestion to a change. Surprising later that evening I received several telephone calls liking the change and want to see about moving forwarded. I had member calling my house that had never called before. I view changes as teaching a baby to walk you hold an object out and step backward a little at a time until the child comprehend that he/she is walking. Older member reject changes because sometimes because sometimes they think that changes will remove the boundaries of the church the principal of the teaching that they hold within their hearts like what. The church was built on the cultural of the church you have to reinsure them that it will always a bible teaching church outreach ministry and other basic of the characters of the church will remain the same. You should enforce to your congregants that prayer and accountability your priorities is Christ center and connecting with people natural and spirituality. The changes I would make to the church I attend is that I would changes the order of service. The church I attend start service late. Sunday School is at 10:30 am I would have Sunday School at 9:30 am. Sunday Worship service start at 12:00 Noon I would start at 11:00 am. The church has a Tuesday night women bible study start at 7:30 PM. I change to 6:30PM the church has a Friday night youth service and pastoral teaching and training. I would have the Pastoral teaching and training Thursday night at 6:30PM. Youth training on Saturday at 12:00 Noon. I would have Friday night a night that family could spend time for eating out or movies. The complex society we live in not enough time for family. I would have one family members over group ministry unless it a team effort ministry that involved two people. The reason I stating this because several members in a family is over small group at the church I attend. This is not allowing to tap into other members talent and gift when you have a small church. Upon several week into study this course I would implement a HR person I see a this would be a change. I would implement community activities to become more visible in the community the church is locate. I would know the neighborhood I would allow the church to be used for community services. During the summer months I would have summer events that would be church and community rotated. The church is located in the inter city in low income area. I implement a volunteer staff from the church would give a couple hours for after school care and tutoring. I also would provide a snack for the children. I would have a train staff for pantry, prayer, I would have a up to date list for social service for the need of the community. I would staff small group to meet the needs of the people. I also have a health fair group the church I attend has professional people that could met the needs of this low income community. Reading the book Refuge how hospital church ministry can change your church for ever by James M. Reeveves copyright (2010). This book talk about how the church is the hospital is for the believer. That before a before a change birth is that you must heal the baggage with in the church. Members setting in your church is hurting. Effective change begin within inside out first. Your congregation emotional problems not able to be heal because nobody address hurt in lives of the members. This book state how you take small groups and start a healing process.
The books show how other changes need to take place. That changes are a total health problem for a thriving church. That changes is not only and outside changes it’s also an inside process. This book also state that changes is like restoring an old house you keep working on it until you get the result. The book You on hope is born when we are willing to die for the right thing. If you feel that your change is for the better of the church make your stand and stand. That church is like having cardiac crisis. That changing a church is like rebuilding a heart. You have to connect all the value and artery. The biblical example he used was Ezekiel 37: 1-14 That the dry bone in the valley was the group that cannot see a change. You have to preach the word in them to live again. This would be a process that you know that life can be restore again. The above changes I mention I would have a time frame I would project one to five years.
Changes must come gradually. I would mention to the congregation that Christ never changes.
Our methods of service His people changes. That we always use the express that prayer changes things. Prayers changes people and people changes things. The scripture Romans 12:2 when your mine become renew it cover your total thinking pattern and you should allow Christ to continue to do his work in you. Not only the sin part in every expect of our life. Because changes is growth, your mine should be renew in our daily walk.

Reference
Refuge How Hospital church ministry can change your church forever by James M. Reeves copyright (2010)
You only have to Die By James A Harnish Copyright (2004) Abingdon press