Rev Bill

One of my favorite blogs (one I just recently discovered) is Monday Morning Insight. I have found it to be a great resource for studying Church issues, and today’s post is no exception.

Today they posted “10 Observations From Churches Who ‘Get It’” — a list of things they have observed from churches they feel are
showing marked success in their ministries. (At least 6 of the churches showed over 250 new believers in the past year — those kinds of numbers make me say “They might be doing something right!”)

Here, in brief, are the 10 observations:

1. Each church has a pastor with a vision.
And it’s not just that these pastors have a vision… it’s that they have a gift for communicating that vision to their staff and their entire church.

2. Each church hires almost exclusively from within.
Here’s the deal: most of these churches do a tremendous job of training leaders and empowering people in ministry. When that happens, the cream rises to the top, and that’s how they find their best staff people.

3. The staff of these churches ‘get it’ too.
The staff in these churches are very loyal to their church and to their leadership.

4. A larger percentage of their staff (or staff wives) are pregnant.
Just an observation here… but there are a lot of staff pregnancies at these churches. I

5. These churches and pastors don’t have a clue what they’re doing.
More than one of the senior pastors told me something to the effect of “I really have no idea what I’m doing.” In other words, they don’t have it all figured out.

6. Since they don’t have it all figured out, these pastors all shared with me their desire to connect with other leaders who can help mentor them.
Another encouraging thing is that these pastors are also excited about mentoring others.

7. These churches are not shy about sharing resources.
Each one of these churches that I visited share their stuff with others freely.

8. Most all of these pastors are bloggers.
Not sure what the correlation is here; but four out of the six senior pastors are active bloggers.

9. These churches are not afraid to make tough calls.
Sticking to their vision and mission make these decisions,much easier.

10. Numbers are important to them.
They see that each person represents someone that Jesus died for, so they make an effort to count that person because that person matters.

Great observations about great churches — and great ways to do ministry. You can read the entire article here.

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