Core values are the hidden hand in your church. Your values make decisions for you when you operate out of default. The actual values of your church determine most of the choices you make. The problem is that what you actually value may not line-up...
“Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past.” – Isaiah 43:18 At some point in your church’s past, someone may have said “We really need to identify our core values,” so you did. Perhaps a previous pastor saw...
We do what we value. A few weeks ago, I received an email from a pastor who said, “all this talk about mission and values is theoretical, I only want to talk about practical stuff.” In other words, he thought that having a discussion about core values was fluff and...
