the future of leadership in congregations

The Future of Leadership in Congregations

Dr. Ed BrenegarCommunity of Leadership, LLC

CIRCLE OF IMPACT

Three Dimensions of Leadership

Four Connecting Ideas

FIVE TRANSITIONS

LEADERSHIPLeaders take Initiative to

Create Impact

Leadership is Open to Everyone.

Church is a Community of Leaders

LEADERSHIPDo What You Can Do

Invite Others To Do What They Can Do

Leadership is a Shared Responsibility

MEMBERSHIP

From Member to Personal Call

From Institution to Community

From Spectator to Participant

From Consumer to Contributor

WORSHIPShift from an Entertainment-oriented Spectator experience

to

A Worship of Christ-focused Engagement of Spiritual Formation and Missional

Sending.

STEWARDSHIPShift from a Budget Focus to

a Whole Life Discipleship Focus,

Centered in the Practice of Gratitude and Generosity.

COMMUNICATIONShift from an Occasional,

Distribution of Information to

An immediate, two-way interaction that builds trust,

understanding and commitment.

HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE

NETWORK OF RELATIONSHIPS

A COMMUNITY OF LEADERS

FIVE GUIDES

to 21st Century Leadership in Congregations

ImpactMake A Difference That

Matters

You Are Creating Change.

What Difference does this Make?

InitiativeA Decision to Act, to do

something

that makes a difference that matters.

This is Leadership.

We all can do it.

GratitudeNot a Feeling, but Five Actions.

Say ThanksGive Back

Make WelcomeHonor Others

Create Goodness

Relationships

CentralValues

Respect / TrustShared Responsibility

Life as Worship

Our Lives are an Expression of What We Love

Our Call from God is a sign of what is our heart’s

desire.

Life as WorshipWe desire for our lives to be:

Personally Meaningful

Socially Fulfilling

Make A Difference That Matters

FIVE QUESTIONS

FIVE QUESTIONS

1. What has Changed?

FIVE QUESTIONS

2. What is My Impact?

FIVE QUESTIONS

3. Who am I Impacting?

FIVE QUESTIONS

4. What are my Opportunities to

Create Impact Now?

FIVE QUESTIONS

5. What Keeps from Me from Creating Impact

Now?

QUESTIONS

Contact:Dr. Ed Brenegar

ed@edbrenegar.com

Leading Questions blog:http://edbrenegar.typepad.com

At the Table of Thanks: Presbyterian Life and Mission for the 21st Century blog:

http://edbrenegar.typepad.com/at_the_table_of_thanks/