Here's a great post by Tim Stevens of Grangier Community Church.
Last week I was asked, “If our church is going to double in the next two years (from 500 to 1,000), what will it take?” Here is what I shared…
- Some of you won’t have as much access to the senior leader. This has to be okay with you.
- Ask: Are you more committed to maintaining the tight-knit staff size and your proximity to the pastor? Or are you more committed to the church growing?
- Some of you are doing okay as a leader in a church of 500, but that’s not going to cut it at 1,000. You need to be willing to step aside into another role.
- Ask: Are you more committed to keeping your position and title? Or are you more committed to reaching more people?
- You will need to anticipate the strain and pressure before you actually feel it. You are the leader–looking ahead, around the corner.
- Ask: Are you comfortable? If so, you probably aren’t anticipating growth adequately.
- You will have to be as willing to stop stuff as you are to start stuff.
- Ask: What are you doing that takes time and energy and diverts your focus? What has God uniquely gifted your team to do where you should put more focus?
- You will have to drive up the level of excellence. When people walk up to a fair booth to buy food, they have one expectation of service and quality. At McDonalds, it’s another level. And when they walk into a Houlihan’s, it’s yet another level. As you grow, so will the expectations of your guests.
- Ask: What areas of the ministry would not be considered excellent if you were a church of 1,000?
