Here is Part 3 of my imaginations about ways to reinvent church. This post deals with leadership in the church. I know that various congregations around the country are already practicing several of these ideas, and so there is really not much new here.<\/p>\n
What if leadership structure, requirements, and functions were different?<\/strong><\/p>\n What if we didn\u2019t promote people into leadership just because they had letters after their name, or lots of donations in the tithe plate?<\/p>\n What if elder\u2019s meetings were more about prayer for the people and ministries of the church than discussing the myriad and minute problems and issues of the church?<\/p>\n What if leaders didn’t have to “dress up” in order to show they were the leaders?<\/p>\n What if, when a new person visited our gathering, it wasn’t immediately obvious who the leader was? Would this be possible?<\/p>\n What if decisions were made, not based on what other churches or doing, not based on what the church has always done, not based on what the numerous church policies say, but instead only made after people had sought the truth of God through Scripture, the timing of God through prayer, and the leading of God through reliance on the Holy Spirit?<\/p>\n What if leaders were chosen, not based on who gave the most money, who was the most vocal complainer or critic, who had been at the church the longest, but on the spiritual characteristics of humility, teachability, servant hearted, and had respect for authority?<\/p>\n What if we didn\u2019t have committees?<\/p>\n What if people didn\u2019t need permission from the pastor or a committee to go serve and meet a need?<\/p>\n What if leaders were chosen from within the current fellowship, rather than being recruited or hired from outside?<\/p>\n What if all local churches were autonomous…meaning they were not part of a denomination?<\/p>\n What if all local churches were part of a denomination?<\/p>\n ———-<\/p>\n Feel free to answer these below or provide questions of your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is Part 3 of my imaginations about ways to reinvent church. This post deals with leadership in the church. I know that various congregations around the country are already practicing several of these ideas, and so there is really not much new here. What if leadership structure, requirements, and functions were different? What if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32],"class_list":{"0":"post-713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"tag-theology-church","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n