This last week I had an awesome opportunity to visit one of the most influential churches in the country, Granger Church, in Indiana. Me and Erik Lawson, the senior pastor of element church, were seriously impacted by this great conference as we were able to spend 2 days with the senior management team of Granger. One of the most helpful things I learned is a simple acronym of what to consider when you want to change something. Any church should be looking to make changes to stay relevant, but changes with out consideration can be deadly. It's real simple, check it out
Achieve
Preserve
Avoid
When making a change, and communicating to your team, define what you want to achieve, which is the goal, then define what we want to preserve. what non-negotiables are on the table that we have to protect and keep sacred. Examples of this could be experiences, atmospheres, philosophies, etc... Finally what things do we consider to be unacceptable losses. If you run big and small changes through this process, you and your team will be sure to stay true to the DNA of your church and organization.
