Changing a Church Culture

My friend Matthew Johnson sent me this link http://swerve.lifechurch.tv/2008/04/14/changing-the-culture/

to the article "Changing a Church Culture"...

Creating a healthy ministry culture takes prayer, hard work and intentionality.
Changing an existing culture generally takes more prayer, harder work, more intentionality, patience, endurance and more hard work.

You might have stepped into a ministry role with a culture that:
Doesn’t care about evangelism
Has poor stewardship habits
Competes with other ministry areas within the church
Thinks it is succeeding when it isn’t
Has lost touch with what is happening in the world
Puts systems and procedures ahead of people
Has a scarcity mindset

If you’re the leader, it is your role to become the catalyst for change.

The first thing you must do is to identify the problem. (If you have been the leader for awhile, the problem may have developed on your watch. It might be harder for you to recognize the problem.)

Let’s start with this exercise:
What is the number one thing about your church culture that needs to change to increase the effectiveness of the ministry?