Monday
Jun272011
Change-Implemented Quicker
Monday, June 27, 2011 at 11:18 PM 
Bayside's Ray Johnston explains how his younger staff are begging to be led. In striving for a God-directed ministry accomplishing the impossible... here is the 2nd characteristic.
2. Change needs to be implemented quicker.
They are NOT saying that change is fun. But young leaders are stating when change is needed, it needs to be done quicker.
Young leaders understand there’s an urgency that’s obvious. So they want to see the politics stop and the needed changes be swiftly made if the church is to have a successful future.
Do you agree? Should we start making quicker changes when it's needed and stop worrying about being so safe? Do we stop prolonging the inevitable?
Young leaders say, “YES!” What say you?
Reader Comments (6)
Depends entirely on what that "change" is.
Depends on the context of the change. Chan,ge, just for the sake of change may not be beneficial. If it is God led change then let God lead the change.
I think there are times were change can be done both quickly, but also well thought out. In that instance, yes....why wait.
Thanks for the comments. First of all, the assumption is that it is a NEEDED change. Second, the typical difference stated is that young leaders are asking for needed change to be quicker. As we get older, we tend to be more cautious... slow... careful. If it's a needed change, do it. Just don't drag it out. That is my take on the lesson Ray is learning.
I agree, most people resist change until it has happened and then they wonder why it took so long to happen. There will be people in the church who will be unhappy with change as they see the church as a place of “stability” but stability also can result in “’stagnation” and that is a very bad thing for the church. I have seen this in other churches I have attended and the churches wondered why they were in decline. Change can chase some away but will attract others and hopefully will enable us to reach out to more people and grow the church.
Change implemented quicker? or should we back up and implement the full Gospel message of Jesus? How many times have you heard a preacher say something like; “Give your heart to Jesus. You have a God shaped hole in your heart and only Jesus can fill it.” Dozens, hundreds or thousands of people who want to get their spiritual life on track make their way to the altar. They ask Jesus into their heart.
Cut to three months later. Nobody has seen our new convert in church. The follow up committee calls him and encourages him to attend a Bible study, but to no avail. We label him a backslider and get ready for the next outreach event.
Telling someone to ask Jesus into their hearts has a very typical result, backsliding.
Over the years I have observed the down fall of implementing change to soon, the result is you end up with a group of people living by rules or a list of do, Do, DO's, missing the point of faith in Jesus or even Repentance of sins, they have become religious like the pharisees.
the Bible says that a person who is soundly saved puts his hand to the plow and does not look back because he is fit for service. In other words, a true convert cannot backslide. If a person backslides, he never slid forward in the first place. “If any man is in Christ, he is a new creation.” (II Cor.5) No backsliding there.
A new creation, that change comes from the Holy Spirit. If the church is set up to implement the change then could they actually be stepping into what the roll of the Holy Spirit's is for the individual? If a person is not actually born again, for a church never addressing the foundations of faith "Repentance and Faith in Jesus," then could the church actually be putting the cart before the horse?