7 STEPS TO BUILDING A HEALTHY CHURCH CULTURE
Your church culture is like a force.
Not like the (pantheistic) force you find in Star Wars.
But a force like a momentum that leads your church to do what you do and don’t do.
In a spin on Samuel Chand’s popular definition, think of church culture as the whyand the what of what you do. It’s your values, beliefs, attitude, purpose, habits, behavior, norms, tone, and more.
It’s what you do.
It’s why you do what you do.
It’s what you feel and experience in your church.
A healthy culture will create a torrent of positive momentum in your church whereas an unhealthy church culture will eat away at your church body like cancer.
Whether you’ve just planted a church or you need to restore a toxic culture, there’s some good news:
Culture is always evolving—it’s not static or fixed.
Said another way, you can influence your church’s culture for better or worse.
But here’s what you need to know:
The culture in your church will evolve into something regardless of whether you want it to or not.
Do you want to create a healthy church culture?
Need help fixing an unhealthy culture in your church?
In this post, I’m going to share six ways you can build a healthy church culture, and one thing you must do if you need to fix an unhealthy culture.
Let’s get to it!
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A Note From Bob:
Let me ask you a question - does your organization have a questioning culture? Are questions welcomed, assumptions challenged, and new ideas to solve problems explored?
Think about a time when your boss or supervisor asked you, "What do you think we might do about..." How did it make you feel? When I pose this question, I often hear responses like, "I felt valued, as if they believed I had something worthwhile to contribute!"
One of my favorite quotes comes from Henry David Thoreau: "The greatest compliment ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer." By inviting our team to share their thoughts and then taking the time to truly consider their input, we show both our trust in them and the value we place on their contributions.
When an organization fosters a questioning culture, it shifts from a mindset of "you versus me" to a culture of "we."
Consider these 6 hallmarks of a questioning culture. Everyone:
As you go about your month, I encourage you to embrace a questioning culture. You might be surprised by how it sparks creativity and strengthens teamwork within your organization. Why not give it a try and see the positive changes unfold.
All my best,
Bob Tiede