John Briggs, Marc Brown, Kathy Merry

Virginia Annual Conference

June 15 & 16, 2010

Transformation

A movement of hopeinto a future

that is different from the past.

Matthew 4:18-22

Mark 1:16-20

Luke 5:1-11

Jesus’ Call has Two Parts

“Come follow me . . .”an invitation to be personally transformed in Jesus

“. . . and I will make you fishers of people.”an invitation to be a transformational leader for Jesus

Respond to present condition

Leaders

Shape present & future condition in alignment with a desired outcome

Shape present & future condition in alignment withJesus’ Call to Follow Him

Transformational Leaders

Christian Transformational Leaders

Lack

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Aging f

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Change

s in number

of mem

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Worsh

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History

of conflict

Other

15%

7%

25%

9% 7%

18%

6%

14%

What are the current challenges that face your church?

What are the strengths within your congregation that can help your church overcome the issues it faces?

21%

11%

12%

23%

9%6%

10%

8%Other

Communication

Financial Strength

Facility

Mission

Spiritual Formation Opportunities

Location

Worship

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Faithful Remembering

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned under their slavery and cried out. Out of the slavery, their cry

for help rose up to God. God heard their groaning, and God remembered God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Exodus 2:23-24

He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy, according to the promise he made to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.

Luke 1:54

Faithful RememberingRemembering that God remembers us

Accepting Jesus’ invitation to follow

Participating in God’s faithful remembering through the means of grace

Living and leading toward the vision that God has already cast through Jesus

Faithful RememberingPersonal Application

Means of Grace

Personal Holiness

SocialHoliness

Faithful Remembering is Knowing Where You are Going

Faithful RememberingLeadership Application

Does a common vision that glorifies God unite your church?

67%

33%

YesNo

Faithful RememberingLeadership Application

Faithful Remembering . . .following Jesus byleaving the boats behind

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Faithful Equipping

On the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing there, he cried out,

“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’”

Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to receive. . .

- John 7:37-39a

Sing to the Lord, all the earth.Tell of God’s mercy each day.

Declare his works to the nations,his glory among all people.

All praise to you, Eternal Father,through your Son Jesus Christ,who with you and the Holy Spiritlives and reigns forever.

Community Response

Faithful EquippingFlowing with living water

Aligning ourselves with Jesus’ call for our lives

Living in relationship with Jesus

Leading through relationship with Jesus

Faithful EquippingThey left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to

know where they were, because he was teaching his disciples. He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. They

will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it. They came to Capernaum. When he was in the house, he asked them,

"What were you discussing on the way?“ But they kept quiet because on the way they had argued about who was the greatest.

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.”

- Mark 9:30-35

Right Questions . . .• Invite dialogue• Promote understanding• Strengthen community• Foster relationships

Intent resides in the questions that are asked.

Faithful EquippingPersonal Application

Asking the Right Questions

“Can this person drive a

car?”

“How can this person drive a

car?”

Faithful EquippingPersonal Application

What does your church discuss most?

The pastFuture ministries

Who's right or who's wrongWhat happened on Sunday

FinancesLay leadership

Staff leadershipConcerns of your church

Concerns of your communityDefining your church's mission

Long-term survivalDisappointing ministries

Successful ministries

How to get more people involved

Worship attendance

5%7%

2%2%

14%2%2%

11%11%

5%4%

1%7%

19%8%

Asking the Right Questions

“Why do I have to do

it all?”

“What can we do differently to make it easy for others to

serve Jesus?”“What’s wrong

with these people?”

Faithful EquippingPersonal Application

Asking the Right Questions

“Why don’t people give?”

“How can our giving reflect our faith in Jesus?”“Don’t our members

know the importance of giving?”

Faithful EquippingPersonal Application

Margaret WheatleyManagement Consultant / Organizational Behaviorist

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships. The patterns of the relationships

and the capacities to form them are more important than tasks, functions, roles and positions.”

Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

Getting the Order Right

TRANSFORMATION

Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

Getting the Order Right

TRANSFORMATION

Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

TEMPORARY

Getting the Order Right

TRANSFORMATION

Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

TRANSFORMATION

Getting the Order Right

WANDERING

Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

Getting the Order Right

TRANSFORMATION

Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

IRRELEVANT

Getting the Order Right

TRANSFORMATION

Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

Disagreements at our church are usually . . .

35% 29% 16% 20%

resolved by consensus resolved by key leaders resolved by pastor or staffavoided & unresolved

Actions

Current Reality

Goals

Mission

Call

Finding Agreement

Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

WHY

WHAT

HOW

Faithful Remembering . . .following Jesus byleaving the boats behind

Faithful Equipping. . .following Jesus byflowing with living water

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First Follower

A Unique Kind of Leader

Faithful EncouragingEmbracing chaos for transformation

Living into a future that is different from the past requires change

Transforming self is first step toward leading transformation

Leading transformation requires the ordering of chaos

He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny

themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and

those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.”

- Mark 8:34-35

Faithful Encouraging

Beyond & Within

BEYOND

WITHIN

Faithful EquippingPersonal Application

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BEYOND

Within & Beyond

WITHINWITHIN

Faithful EquippingPersonal Application

BEYONDBEYOND

Beyond & Within

WITHINWITHIN

Faithful EquippingPersonal Application

Most of our church ministries focus on . . .

The needsof our

members47%

The needsof our

community53%

CHAOS

In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind of God

swept over the face of the waters.- Genesis 1:1-2

Leadership Responses to Chaos

AvoidControlDestroyEmbrace

When your church encounters chaotic situations, has its history been to. . .

Avoid

30%

Control38%

De-stroy7%

Embrac

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Leadership and the New Science

“. . . chaos is a necessary force that creates order.”

forming aligning

wandering forgetting

FocusBEYOND

FocusWITHIN

Non-OrderedCHAOS

OrderedCHAOS

The Chaos Modelfor Christian leadership

C H A O S

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Faithful EncouragingLeadership Application

Faithful Remembering . . .following Jesus byleaving the boats behind

Faithful Encouraging. . .following Jesus byembracing the cross

Faithful Equipping. . .following Jesus byflowing with living water

Jesus calls ALL of us

to be leaders in a movement of hope.

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