I and some of our staff and leaders had the privilege of attending the Catalyst Conference this week in Lynchburg, Va. The speakers were two dynamic leaders, Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel. Here are some impressionable quotes from that conference:
First Session: Gaining and Sustaining Momentum
Three Components of Sustained Momentum: New, Improved, Improving
Momentum is never triggered by tweaking something old but introducing something new
The only way to keep newness is constant evaluation
Second Session: Busting Barriers with Mindset Changes
Think differently about programs. We can reach more by doing less.
We are overprogrammed thus wearing people out.
Everything comes back to mission. What is our mission?
Quit doing what others do well and do what you do well
Limitation is the most fertile ground for innovation.
Don't recruit volunteers...instead release leaders
Third Session: Creating Personal Spiritual Momentum
I will do today what I can do, to enable me to do tomorrow what I can't do today.
The way most people do the work of God destroys the work of God in them.
The quickest way to stop seeing what Crhist things about you is to focus on what others think about you
Fourth Session: Don't be that Couch
When you own something, like a ministry, you always think it's more valuable than it is. It may need to be thrown out...but you have given a false value to it.
What programs or ministries need to be thrown away because of ineffectiveness and lack of mission?
What have we fallen in love with that's really not effective in ministry?
Churches are in decline because we are more in love with the type of ministry that with unbelievers
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