I read a good post on William Willimon's blog. Check out the link at the bottom of the page to view this post. The title is Maintance of Mission? I would like to share with you just a couple of points that he makes.
"The maintenance congregation seeks to avoid conflict at any cost (but rarely succeeds). The mission congregation understands that conflict is the price of progress, and is willing to pay the price. It understands that it cannot take everyone with it. This causes some grief, but it does not keep it from doing what needs to be done."
"The leadership style of the maintenance congregation is primarily managerial, where leaders try to keep everything in order and running smoothly. The leadership style in a mission congregation is primarily transformational, casting a vision of what can be, and marching off the map in order to bring the vision into reality."
I guess I would ask if we are a maintenance congregation or a mission congregation? In his blog he has 12 points that contrast the maintenance and mission congregation. This is good reading and offers, I believe, food for thought.
Just some things to think about along the way.
Bob
2 comments:
I'm not sure any congregation is all one type or another. I think we tend towards maintenance, but we are occasionaly capable of that transformative leadership as well. As I look back on my journey of faith, it is quite clear to me how I have been transformed more into the image of Christ as a result of my time at VRCC.
now you know what I do when i substitute in CMC
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