by Mark Tidsworth | Oct 5, 2016 | Opinion
Given the high-change environment in which we find ourselves, adapting is a primary focus for healthy, forward-leaning congregations. Those who learn quickly, pivot their practices and embody the Kingdom of God in life-giving ways will flourish. So can we predict...
by Mark Tidsworth | Mar 31, 2016 | Opinion
I am engaged regularly for coaching or consulting on the other side of change – when things don’t go so well. Pastors who have initiated a failed change process are typically curious (if they have the luxury of curiosity) about what happened. Certainly,...
by Mark Tidsworth | Feb 2, 2016 | Opinion
How much do you consider yourself a change agent? If you are a pastor, a church staff member or lay leader, then welcome to the world of change management. Every congregation is in the process of adapting to this new postmodern context in which we find ourselves....
by Ircel Harrison | Dec 16, 2015 | Opinion
Change is never easy. Most often the willingness to change (or the necessity to change) comes from external factors – an economic adjustment, an environmental shift or a personal crisis. The only certainty in life is that things will change. The church is going...
by Griff Martin | Nov 12, 2015 | Opinion
What does a new generation desire from the church? This subject is addressed in Rachel Held Evans’ new book, “Searching For Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church,” which a group at my congregation is studying on Wednesday evenings....
