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What is Your Church Optimized For?

Wednesday, June 7th, 2017

Here’s the principle: Whatever an organization or organism is actually producing, that’s what it’s optimized for. 

Some options:

  • We can optimize for the delivery of religious products and programs
  • We can optimize to minimize the complaints of stakeholders
  • We can optimize for the job security and financial well-being of the lead pastor (concealed as concern for the financial well-being of the church)
  • We can optimize for coolness, for acceptability in the larger culture, or for status in the church world

At least those are some of the options I have considered and perhaps even temporarily embraced in my leadership.

What is the church you are a part of optimized for?

If we are optimized for something other than making disciples, and if disciples aren’t being made, we’re likely facing a situation where things don’t just need to be “tweaked” a little…

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