April 18, 2007
Change Is
By Mark A. Taylor Tom Ellsworth talked about change at the Energizing Smaller Churches Network (ESCN) Conference in Moberly, Missouri. “Preachers have a way of pondering an idea for months,” he said, “and then getting upset when the church board doesn’t go for it in just one meeting.” The better course is to talk and listen for a long time before trying to implement a new idea or a different way of doing things. “Leaders need time to make an idea their own,” Tom observed. The same is true for the rest of the congregation. Accomplishing this is a fine
