Ministry Innovation Travels on Two Legs: The People-Centric Process of New Ideas
by: Tim Kastelle
Talk to people, all the time. That’s how you’ll get new ideas, and it’s how you’ll get them to spread.
ABOUT TIM KASTELLE
Tim Kastelle is a Lecturer in Innovation Management in the University of Queensland Business School. He blogs about innovation at the Innovation Leadership Network.
Build New Habits to Insure You Meet Your Goals
by: Tim Kastelle
On a day-to-day basis, you need to figure out how to build the habits that will eventually get you to your goals.
Ministry Innovation Requires a Bias Toward Action
by: Tim Kastelle
The best innovation comes when we are concerned with both discovery and use.
Your Words are the Technology of Leadership
by: Tim Kastelle
If talk is the technology of leadership, than it makes sense to build our skills in this area.
Responding to Ministry Innovation Negatives: Learn to Experiment and Prototype
by: Tim Kastelle
How do you respond to new ideas in your ministry? One of the big problems with shooting down ideas immediately is that doing so assumes that we can know in advance which ideas will work and which won’t. But we can’t. This is why experimenting and prototyping are such critical innovation skills.
Understanding How Culture Drives Your Ministry
by: Tim Kastelle
Innovation, Leadership Engine, Organizational Culture, Tim Kastelle
A common mistake seen in many organizations is taking an idea from somewhere else and trying to just bolt it on to an incompatible culture.
More Collaboration is Better for Your Ministry – Until It’s Not
by: Tim Kastelle
Collaboration, Innovation, Leadership Engine, Staff, Staff Leadership Roles, Tim Kastelle
More is better, but only until it’s not. Figuring out where that point lies is part of the art of managing. And being comfortable with the ambiguity in this is an even bigger part being a leader.
Working Through the Obstacles to Innovation in Your Church
by: Tim Kastelle
People often think that having a great idea is the hard part of innovating. Most of the time, this isn’t the problem. Getting the new idea to spread is.
Mind the Gaps: Build Basic Innovation Skills First
by: Tim Kastelle
There are no innovation short cuts; you have to build your skills first. Then you’ll know that innovation happens in the gaps.
Is Innovation a Part of Your Organization’s DNA?
by: Tim Kastelle
What makes the successfulorganizations different? Passion. Purpose. Experiments.
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Thank you Ed for sharing your insights into the Church Growth Movement. I have my reservations with Church Growth models because it has done more damage than good in the Body of Christ. Over the years, western churches are more focused on results, formulas and processes with little or no emphasis on membership and church discipline. Pastors and vocational leaders are burnt out because they're overworked.
I do believe that the Church Growth model is a catalyst to two destructive groups: The New Apostolic Reformation and the Emerging Church. Both groups overlap and have a very loose definition. They're both focus on contemporary worship, expansion of church brand (franchising), and mobilizing volunteering members as 'leaders' to grow their ministry. Little focus on biblical study, apologetics and genuine missional work with no agenda besides preaching of the gospel.
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Thank you for sharing such a good article. It is a great lesson I learned from this article. I am one of the leaders in Emmanuel united church of Ethiopia (A denomination with more-than 780 local churches through out the country). I am preparing a presentation on succession planning for local church leaders. It will help me for preparation If you send me more resources and recommend me books to read on the topic. I hope we may collaborate in advancing leadership capacity of our church. God Bless You and Your Ministry.
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