Alban Weekly on ‘Leadership in a Non-Staff-Dependent Congregation’
A few years ago, I moved from one church to another expecting the two congregations to be very similar. Both were mid-sized, with many young families and a healthy population of children and youth. Both churches valued music, worshiped informally, and generally supported their denomination. Both were located in areas of potential growth.
But after making the move, I discovered one way in which the two congregations were significantly different. I had moved to a church that was consciously not staff-dependent from one that had probably never thought about it one way or the other. I found myself having to learn new styles of ministry and leadership and asking myself some questions that seemed very important.
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