TCN Nashville Culture Eats Church Strategy for Breakfast

Church Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast:

Jan Edmiston jledmiston13@gmail.com

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

It takes all the running you can do

to stay in the same place

ACCESS

5.7

10.7

Total Revenue in Billions2010

60 40 20

Attractional Missional

Going to Church Being the Church

Constantinian Post-Constantinian

Those were the days . . .

WHAT

WHAT

HOW

WHAT

HOW

WHY

WHAT

11:00Worship

Annual Chili Dinner

9:30Sun.

School

FlowerGuild

FallYard Sale

YouthGroup

Wed. Bible Study

HOW

CommitteesStaff

Leadership

StephenMinisters Volunteer

Teams

SeminaryInterns

WHY?

To Perpetuate an Institution

To Maintain a Presbyterian Presence in this

Town/NeighborhoodFamily History

Because we have an historic buildingSo I will have a

home church for my wedding,

children’s baptism, funeral

For my and my family’s faith

formation

Because there are broken people in our neighborhood (and I’m kind of broken too) who need the Good News of

Jesus

Because Jesus commissioned us tomake disciples of all nations (and

that includes the people in our neighborhood)

To learn how to love our

neighbors as ourselves

To Proclaim the Gospel for the Salvation of Humankind

To OfferSpiritualNurture

To All God’s

Children

To Worship the Lord

To Preserve the Truth

To Show the World What The Kingdom of God

Looks Like

How are we doing?

How are we doing?

How can we be a more faithful Church?

Identify: What Do We Do?

Identify: How Do We Do It?

Identify: Why Do We Do It?

Identify: Why Do We Do It?

Identify: Why Do We Do It?

• Who is being spiritual nourished?• What relationships are being nurtured?• Who is being transformed to become more faithful?• Who is being impacted?

Alpesh M. Bhatt Brene Brown Simon Sinek

Culture eats strategy for breakfast.