Coaching Christian Leaders

There will come a time, probably sooner than later, that you will need to make a change. You will need to change something at your church. Over the next few episodes, we will look at how you can lead your church through change. The principles I will cover apply to big changes as well as small. Obviously, changing your worship music is a bigger change than changing your carpet color. But the steps are the same. Now, Over the past 12 years, I have taken the church I pastor through several changes. And I foresee more changes in the immediate future. I’m not going to tell you what I need to change but I will share this fact – I believe everything but one thing is open to change Listen to 1 Timothy 3:15b “the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.” I understand those words this way. The local church is the protector, the fortress of the truth, of the Gospel. The gospel never changes. The truth found in God’s word never changes. And the local church is called upon to protect that truth in its