89. How to speak TO your church ABOUT your church
Years ago I met with a pastor in my area who led a thriving church that he had planted the in 2003. At the time, it had grown from three families to 2,500 people in attendance. He spent an hour sharing a lot of fantastic insights about casting vision, setting direction, and bringing people along on mission to reach the community. But of all the insights he shared, one still sticks with me to this day. I want to share it with you: "Tell your church what they are and eventually theyā€™ll become that." These words rang inside my head as he explained that his job as a pastor is to set the expectation high and let his church know he believes thatā€™s who they are. Eventually, they will become that. Great leaders set high expectations and truly believe their church is capable of meeting them. I've found this to be true over and over again. In this episode, we will explore this concept and discover how to speak TO our church ABOUT our church to build the kind of church God is calling us to build.
