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!