How To Prepare For Momentum

Sean Cronin — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000

By Shawn Lovejoy:

Momentum.

Every leader, team and organization wants it.

Yet, as much as it is sought after and worked for, Momentum often remains elusive.

The truth is…

Momentum does not come easily.

Momentum is not automatic.

Momentum is fragile.

Momentum is often a mystery.

While we can’t presume on momentum, we can be prepared for momentum.

Let’s talk about how?

Here are 3 ways leaders get prepared to experience momentum.

#1 – Alignment

A staff only becomes a team when it becomes 100% aligned around the Vision & Values of the ministry or organization.

Here’s our first challenge: Usually, there are one or two members on the team who tend to pull in their own direction. There are usually one or two team members who can’t keep up with the rest of the team.

Alignment requires courageous conversations and courageous decisions in these moments. It requires courage to lead.

#2 – Consistency

Great leaders and organizations practice what they preach.

Our key role is to be the culture we want to build.

In addition, we must also live the vision out consistently. Our lives, in addition to our voices, should clearly and consistently communicate the vision.

We must also be committed to the blocking and tackling of leadership, remaining focused on the basics. Commit to do the little things well. If we can’t manage what we’ve got, why would God entrust us with more?

#3 – Urgency

Complacency is the # 1 gravitational force working against successful organizations.

The greatest threat to future success is current success.

Every day we have to declare war on complacency and mediocrity and embrace urgency, because we cannot change what we’re willing to tolerate.

Are you searching for momentum? Do you currently have momentum and want to protect and keep it?

I understand that leading your team, organization or ministry to a place of momentum requires an unrelenting courage.

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Launching a Student Ministry at a New Campus or a Church Plant

Patrick Bradley — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:00:00 +0000

By New Churches Team: There are many different ways to develop multisite campuses and new church plants. You can have twin campuses that look exactly the same; you can have sibling campuses that are definitely related, but not mirrors of each other; you can have cousin campuses that resemble each other, but require a deeper look to find the relation; and you can have a network that’s not related nor do they look the same but they share a common vision or mission. Each of these options will work for different churches with different needs.

Recently, I chatted with Ryan McDermott, the Director of Student Ministries and Young Adults at Christ Fellowship Church in South Florida. He and I discussed what it looks like to launch a student ministry at a new campus or a church plant. Ryan began leading his first student ministry at the age of 19. Five years later he joined the staff at Christ Fellowship Church, where he has been for eight years. Christ Fellowship currently has nine campuses plus two smaller expressions of their student ministry in communities where they don’t currently have a campus. For Ryan and Christ Fellowship Church, creating twin campuses allows them to be the best stewards of their time and resources, and helps members know they will receive the same experience no matter what campus they attend…

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How To Prepare For Momentum

#1 – Alignment

#2 – Consistency

#3 – Urgency

Launching a Student Ministry at a New Campus or a Church Plant