Your Church’s Culture

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Recently I heard a great podcast about asking our family the question “What is the atmosphere in our home?” Then the leader gave the challenge to listen and interact with every person who calls our house their home. The leader then went a step further to challenge everyone to ask “What do we want the atmosphere to be?” Powerful questions that don’t always get the answers in return that we might be expecting.

Today I ran into this article about Church culture that expresses some of the same sentiment. From the article, “A bad culture (atmosphere) will consistently undermine an amazing mission, vision, and strategy.” This article is worth a read to help you be intentional about your own church’s culture. 

https://careynieuwhof.com/guide-on-how-to-create-an-amazing-church-culture/ 

Pastoral Care to the Business People in our Congregations

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Many business people have had developed a distaste for the church as they perceive that church leaders are just after their money or leadership ability. It’s true that many pastors find business people to be intimidating and don’t ultimately know how to relate.  The article attached gives some good ideas on how to show pastoral care to the business people in our fellowships. 

https://ministrytodaymag.com/blogs/greenelines/22363-5-ways-pastors-can-impact-the-businesses-of-church-members 

Connecting with First Time Visitors

Just for the record... I Do Not necessarily recommend having guests wear an identifying tag  

Just for the record... I Do Not necessarily recommend having guests wear an identifying tag  

How does your church or group interact or not interact with first time visitors? It can be quite intimidating on both sides (for the visitor and the community member). Hopefully it’s not all left up to the leader or pastor. Here are some practical ideas for connecting with visitors to your church.  

https://www.evangelismcoach.org/6-ways-to-follow-up-on-first-time-church-visitors/