{"id":2768,"date":"2014-05-29T17:18:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T17:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodmanson.com\/?p=2768"},"modified":"2014-05-29T17:18:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-29T17:18:15","slug":"building-a-culture-of-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodmanson.com\/church\/building-a-culture-of-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Culture of Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you transition or transform a culture to own the vision with you? \u00a0<\/strong>One of the challenges I see with many churches is that the\u00a0Ephesians 4:11-14<\/strong> passages are aspirational far\u00a0greater than a reality. \u00a0Too few people are doing too much of the work with the rest sitting and watching.<\/p>\n

\u00a011 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry<\/em><\/strong>, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Building a culture of engagement is critical, but how do you do it?\"Todd<\/a><\/strong> It was 8-years ago as a Pastor of a church we began a major transition toward a new way of being the church, through launching Missional Communities. \u00a0You can learn a bit about our experience when I\u00a0spoke at an Acts 29 Bootcamp, in 2009 on the topic of\u00a0Practical Missional Ecclesiology<\/a>. \u00a0Yet the reality is that the transition was harder and many people did not make it through the transition. \u00a0I know I’m not alone as many of the people I’ve talked with have struggled in this transition. \u00a0 I appreciate a lot of what Todd Engstrom reports on their experience at Austin Stone, including that after 2 years of launching MC’s only 10% were living out that vision<\/a>\u00a0and 5-years later this number grew to 50%<\/a>. \u00a0Read his blog, very helpful! When we struggled because people didn’t buy in at the level we hoped, I was frustrated. \u00a0It left me scratching my head and feeling \u00a0the vision justified the shifts we felt compelled to make. \u00a0It was in the years to follow, upon reflection, that I felt something wasn’t right. \u00a0 Lately I’ve read a couple books (see below for recommended reading) about influence and engagement that pinpointed some of the challenges we faced and how I’d do it differently.
\nHow would I do lead change differently?\u00a0\"top-6-actions-to-create-engagement\"<\/a><\/strong>
\nStep 1: Create\u00a0Engagement:<\/strong>\u00a0 Learn the top 6 actions to create engagement<\/a>.<\/p>\n