August 7
Stealing Content: Your Innovations Aren't Immortal
Friday, August 7, 2009 @ 9:46 am by Josh Burcham
Harvard Business Blog is a must for leadership in ministry and the business world. I haven’t learned more, than from this blog. Not a single post I’ve just skipped over. But here is a stolen quote from a recent post:
Take a deep breath, and repeat after me: “My [business model, product, business unit, brand, offering] has a finite life. I’m going to make that life as happy and productive as possible, but I also have to think about what’s next.” – Scott Anthony
Read the article here: Your Innovations Aren’t Immortal.
Got me thinking about the church. Is your church struggling today, because you are still holding onto a ministry style that held true back in the 80′s or even ten years ago? Don’t get me wrong, I do believe there are timeless foundations to ministry style. Love God, love people. But we all approach that in different ways and you’ll never hear me say that there is only one right way. Diversity in the church is what makes us the church. Look at the examples of in Acts and throughout the New Testament.
But what held true ten or twenty years ago or even a year, doesn’t mean it holds true today. It might be time to change, to re-innovate.
Creativity is key when it comes to the church and I think the church has forgotten that. We serve this most creative Being. Don’t believe me, walk outside and just get a small glimpse of nature or look at the design of how your own body works. We do Jesus and Christianity a disservice when we don’t work in the creative side. Don’t think you can be creative? I would start with asking the ultimate Creator to show how.
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