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Church Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast:
Jan Edmiston [email protected]
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.