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Questions to Help You #ReimagineMINISTRY...
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2022-11-04T18:38:07.000Z
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<div><p><strong style="font-size:14pt;">Questions to Help You #ReimagineMINISTRY...</strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><em><strong>Here are 5 questions that might help you reimagine your ministry: Ask yourself the question…Seek the Spirit’s leading …Knock down the old and build up the new.</strong></em></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#000000;font-size:14pt;">Love in Christ,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>Bob Tiede</strong></span></p>
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<h1>5 Questions That Deliver Growth<img src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/V8V6tL9NYgJgdsZwiImGRwaLgi8--COpSKRxBOb0LPR01KQcPewreR4ddKt57nnAo3ForXaeo_LtWJ71nb-NQPyQFHRP98BQ2yLI7p-dtUdb_KKV6ntm62MjxPzieH60xPY61Kt-kDlPqwvmqD-_0nGCw_dbjA=s0-d-e1-ft#" alt="V8V6tL9NYgJgdsZwiImGRwaLgi8--COpSKRxBOb0LPR01KQcPewreR4ddKt57nnAo3ForXaeo_LtWJ71nb-NQPyQFHRP98BQ2yLI7p-dtUdb_KKV6ntm62MjxPzieH60xPY61Kt-kDlPqwvmqD-_0nGCw_dbjA=s0-d-e1-ft#<a href=" /></h1>
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<h3>Guest Post by <a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=12ba89c9fb&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank">Curt Fowler</a></h3>
<p>As leaders, the questions we ask tell everyone what we care about most and drives the behaviors of those we lead.</p>
<p>Asking the right questions will keep your team focused on the right goals and dramatically increase how quickly your business can reach its primary objectives.</p>
<p>What questions do you ask first when you get into the office? Do your questions reflect the values and purpose that your business was founded on? How often do you ask about people versus profits? Remember that business is all about the people and the people, if treated right, produce the profits.</p>
<h3>Below are the five questions that will drive your <a title="How Do You Grow?" href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=51d7625ad9&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank">growth</a> strategy (if you take the time to ask them):</h3>
<h3>1. How are you?</h3>
<p>Seems simple and it is. Tons of people ask the question, but few actually care to hear the response. Be different. Ask the question and shut up. Listen to the response and if there is a need you can meet, do it. Your people must first know that you care about them before they can be fully engaged in the company’s goals.</p>
<h3>2. What is our organizations’ number 1 goal?</h3>
<p>Leaders and organizations are constantly diverted from their primary goals by the urgent tasks of the day. Too many goals divert attention from the most important goal. Everyone in your organization should know the answer to this question without thinking. If they don’t, what are you doing to fix that problem?</p>
<h3>3. What are you doing to get us closer to our number 1 goal?</h3>
<p>Most employees find it very difficult to connect their day to day tasks towards the grander goals of the entire organization. As a leader, this is your job. Make sure that every single person in your organization (and your suppliers and shareholders) knows how they can support the accomplishment of your primary goal.</p>
<h3>4. What is our progress?</h3>
<p>Weekly, if not daily, updates from your team on their progress toward the primary goals of the organization keeps everyone focused on the right things. Make “micro-meetings” a habit in your organization to keep your team motivated, focused and feeling appreciated.</p>
<h3>5. How can I help?</h3>
<p>After setting and recasting the vision, the leader’s primary responsibility is to support those that are actually doing the hard work. Always be asking what you can do to help them be more effective. Don’t be afraid to ask this question because you know you don’t have the time to pick up the slack for someone else. There is most likely some way for you to help that will take very little of your time. As a leader, the productivity and effectiveness of your people should be your primary concern.</p>
<p>Take a moment to write down your own version of the above questions. Make a <strong><a title="Improved Outcomes without an Increase in Skill" href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=b89b1f227b&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank">checklist</a></strong> and put it on a card in your wallet or as a note in your smart phone. Become aware of the questions you are asking and create the habit of asking the right questions.</p>
<p>You will be amazed at the growth you’ll see.</p>
<p>What other questions do you feel leaders should be asking?</p>
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<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR</h3>
<p><a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=2fa0167b28&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank"><strong>Curt Fowler</strong></a> is an organizational growth expert and president of <a href="https://leadingwithquestions.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4320a50bc672b2862b6f985c0&id=1b15373dab&e=6a8428ba9a" target="_blank"><strong>Fowler & Company</strong></a>, a business advisory firm dedicated to helping leaders create and achieve a compelling vision for their organization. He has an MBA in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg School, is a CPA, and a pretty good guy as defined by his wife and four children.</p>
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#ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP...as developing a biblical worldview
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reimaginediscipleship-maybe-you-are-not-in-the-2
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<div class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong><em>#ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP...as developing a biblical worldview</em></strong></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>Sent to me by a colleague ..</em></span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">"A recent article in The Christian Post discussed findings by the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University that found while 61% of American millennials consider themselves to be Christian, just 2% of them were found to hold a biblical worldview. Conducted by Dr. George Barna, the study also reported that just 6% of American adults overall hold a biblical worldview."</span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><span class="diy96o5h">#ItSeemsToMe</span></strong><strong>...</strong>this may be why there are so many <span class="diy96o5h">#evangelicals</span> yelling at one another on social media. Maybe we think that everything we think is what Jesus would think.</span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">True discipleship is the difficult task of asking the Holy Spirit to give us discernment that leads to wisdom from the knowledge we have acquired. Knowing the Bible does not automatically mean we know the mind of Christ. Theology is not mere information to memorize but truths to be actualized. Being "right" (able to quote Scripture or knowing a biblical value) does not mean our implementation of the command is "righteous" (doing the right thing with the right motivation at the right time for all the right people). The Pharisees were right (correct) when they quoted Scripture but far from righteous when they applied it.</span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">A biblical worldview is radical (not extreme but digs to the root of the problem). It will bother both right and left. Red, Yellow, Black, Brown, White. Poor and Rich. Me and I hope, you.</span></div>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">No worldview is complete if it fits into one party or affinity or ethnicity. That is the seed of fascism. It resembles the grievous error of the Pharisees, religious scholars who rejected Jesus because he radicalized the people who became his followers.</span></div>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Too many of us think we are in the 2% because we've completed a workbook and listened to scores of sermons.</span></p>
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<div class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><strong><u>Journey-Launching Questions/Suggestions</u></strong></span></div>
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<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Are you willing to invite the Holy Spirit to take you on an internal journey; confirming strengths, but also exposing blind spots? </span>
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<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><em>"Do not be conformed to how the world perceives the world."</em> (Romans 12:2) </span></li>
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<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">As you seek the mind of Christ, are you willing to <em>"be transformed by the renewing of your mind</em>" (Romans 12:2)? If so, expect your worldview to expand beyond the borders and barriers your values-system and culture-cues have set for you. Not a revision of biblical truth but a reevaluation of how you have applied the text.</span>
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<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn" style="font-size:12pt;"><span class="hgKElc">"A worldview is a collection of attitudes, values, stories and expectations about the world around us, which inform our every thought and action. Worldview is expressed in ethics, religion, philosophy, scientific beliefs and so on (Sire, 2004). A worldview is how a culture works out in individual practice."</span></span></li>
<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Bible study, while critical in the life of every Christian, is not the same as worldview. In disciple-making, we teach theology as if believing scriptural truths automatically override the influences of ethnicity, personality, family, education and experiences (ie, the components that forger our personal worldview). Believing humans are created in the image of God does not mean that believer will treat others with love, show them mercy or advocate for justice when they are mistreated. In fact, that believer may, at the same time they study the creation story, hold racist attitudes or judge other ethnic groups as inferior.</span></li>
<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Are you conservative/liberal in your lifestyle? That may influence the application of your biblical theology more than you know. You may think you have conservative/liberal political views because you have a conservative/liberal theology, but it may also be that your conservative/liberal worldview has drawn you to a conservative/liberal theological interpretation of biblical truths.</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Identify (list) 5 core theological beliefs you consider guiding lights fas you work out and walk out glorifying God by living out the will of God.</span>
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<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Think about how you have applied each scriptural truth/instruction/command</span></li>
<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Think of how others have applied this biblical teaching differently</span></li>
<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Ask the Spirit to reveal to you the motivation that causes them to see/apply this biblical truth/text differently.</span>
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<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">Christ-followers both liberal and conservative believe the command of Jesus to "love your neighbor" is a paramount biblical truth in their worldview. But, it is obvious that when it comes to the application of that truth, liberals call for more compassion (tolerance) while conservatives tend to control (preserve law and order). Neither choice is inherently wrong. An action plan (policy) to pursue that choice may be, but liberal are not evil merely for pressing for compassion nor are conservatives evil for holding to the law. God liberates. God conserves. Most of us seem to be able to only do one thing at a time.</span></li>
<li class="_1mf _1mj"><span style="font-size:12pt;">For example, what social circumstances gave birth to "Liberation Theology?" Without accepting any unbiblical aspects to this viewpoint, as you analyze your own attitude toward liberty, look for an application of God's justice/liberty you have resisted, rejected, or reacted against.</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">My point is not meant to be political or call you to change denominations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">I am simply asking you to consider that discipleship is not achieved by memorizing a scriptures, reading a book, or attending a seminar.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Discipleship is not merely mental adherence to a doctrinal statement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Discipleship is a Spirit-led, Scripture-fed integration of biblical truths into:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Your personality-traits</span>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">When you apply biblical truths, do you live them out as an introvert or extrovert? Are proactive or reactive? Trusting or fearful? Open-set or closed-set minded (open to new/other ideas or strict boundaries)?</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Your value-system</span>
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<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">"A value system refers to the order and priority an individual or society grants to ethical and ideological values. While two individuals or groups may share a set of common values, they may not give equal weight or preference to those values."</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Your culture-cues</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:12pt;">Is your life experience mostly homogeneous or heterogeneous? Have you lived with an attitude of inferiority or superiority? Is your response to problems/needs aimed at conserving or liberating?</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size:12pt;">Discipleship is a lifestyle expressed from being made "complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority (Colossians 2:10). Every desire and decision, every attitude and action, every conversation and comment flowing out from our union (a living relationship)with Christ Jesus our Lord.</span></p>
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Design Your #ReimagineCHURCH Journey
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/design-your-reimaginechurch-journey
2020-01-30T21:12:52.000Z
2020-01-30T21:12:52.000Z
Reimagine Curator
https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/members/PrayerINC
<div><p><span style="font-size:18pt;"><em><strong>Designing a #ReimagineCHURCH Journey</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><em>Every congregation/ministry/group must "be transformed by the renewing of their (corporate mind-set) ... </em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><em>So that they begin to pray with and make-disciples who live according to the good, totally-fulfilling, perfectly-suited will of God,"</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:18pt;">Romans 12:2</span></p>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;"><em><strong><a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/profiles/blogs1/why-reimagine-1" target="_blank">WHY #Reimagine?</a></strong></em></span></li>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;"><em><strong><a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/31-re-words-that-exegete-reimagine-re" target="_blank">31 "Re" Words That Exegete "Reimagine"</a></strong></em></span></li>
</ul>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;"><strong><a href="https://reimaginenetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/reviewed-then-renewed-what-is-your-1-question" target="_blank">Review The Renew: What's YOUR "1-Question"?</a></strong></span></li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">Components applicable to congregations/ministries experiencing:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Plateaued or declining attendance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Apathetic leadership</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Mission drift (confusion, disinterest)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Changing neighborhood demographics</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">An interim season between full-time pastors</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Beginning as a new church plant</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">The need for revising as a step toward reviving</span></li>
</ul>
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<p><span style="font-size:18pt;">The components of a congregational/corporate reimagine-journey:</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">A Strategy of Prayer:</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">For our church to seek the discernment and direction of the Holy Spirit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">For our leaders to collectively yield to the mind of Christ</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">For our membership/participants to receive a daily filling of the Spirit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">For our people to respond to neighbors with the heart of Father God</span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">A SWOT Assessment</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Strengths: Our calling in Christ; Spiritual Gifting, Resources-Facility-Location</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Weaknesses: Blindspots, Fears, Resources-Facility-Location</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Opportunities: Neighborhood diversification, Community needs-issues</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Threats: Our decline-apathy-enemies</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">All-The-Church Gatherings</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">A Conversation with Our Leader (an evening of prayer - Worship)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">A Conversation with Our Leadership (questions, comments, prayer)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">A Conversation with One Another ("Who are you?" - Fellowship)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">...consider beginning with a meal</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Special Sunday Service Focus (a week-by-week, monthly rhythm)</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">The Word - devoted to teaching a story or text from Scripture</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">The Table - devoted to celebrating our salvation from Jesus</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">The Truth - devoted to applying a promise from Scripture to our life</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Body Life - devoted to worship: psalms, hymns, scriptures, sharing</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">Sermon Series</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">#ReimaginePRAYER... from the prayers to the Ephesian church </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">#ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP...from the teachings of Jesus</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:18pt;">#ReimagineCHURCH... from the "one another" commands in scripture</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
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