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Changing Your Church Without Your Church Changing You
Alex D. Montoya
 Professor of Preaching, The Master’s Seminary
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YOUR CHURCH CAN CHANGE YOUA.
 
For the Better 
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Shape you up
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Sharpen you up
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Build you up
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Cheer you upB.
 
For the Worse
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Beat you up: hurt you spiritually, emotionally, physically
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Bum you out: disillusion you in ministry
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Burn you out: drain you of all you emotional resources
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Bend you out: tempt you to compromise you ethics
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Boot you out: eliminate you from ministryII.
 
THE DO’S OF THE EARLY YEARSSome key suggestions to keep in mind in finding that first church and succeedingin the early years of ministry.A.
 
Do find a church compatible with your doctrinal statement and with your  philosophy of ministry.
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Unequally yoked marriages do not last
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Success comes through harmonyB.
 
Do plan to stay for the long haul (unless its prearranged)
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Shows commitment to the church
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Demands commitment from the churchC.
 
Do love your people
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Your greatest virtue (cp. I Cor. 13:1ff.)
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Creates community
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Covers a multitude of sins (yours and theirs)
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The key to everything else
 
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Do practice Biblical ministry
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Expect Biblical ministry
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Explain the basis for Biblical ministry
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Execute Biblical ministryE.
 
Do dedicate yourself to the main tasks-Acts 2:42; 5:42; 6:4
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Clarify the main tasks
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Advance the ministry
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Avoid sidetracksF.
 
Do equip the saints for ministry-Eph. 4:11-16
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Goal of the ministry
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Role of the minister 
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Role of the peopleG.
 
Do establish vision and goals
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Know what you need to do
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Know where you want to go
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Know how you plan to get thereH.
 
Do empower people and delegate duties-Exod.18
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Avoids burnout
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Avoids dissatisfaction
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Avoids frustration
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Avoids stagnationI.
 
Do the work of an evangelist
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Mandated
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Means of growing the church
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Model for the churchJ.
 
Do continue learning
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Ministry perfects what does work 
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Ministry purifies what doesn’t work 
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Areas of enhancement:(1)
 
 people skills
 
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leadership and administration(3)
 
 preaching(4)
 
evangelismIII.
 
THE DON’TS OF THE EARLY (AND LATER) YEARSA.
 
Don’t underestimate the magnitude of the task “Ministry is hard work which demands that we work hard.”B.
 
Don’t try to change everything all at once
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Change takes time
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People resist change
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Some things do not need to change“Love people, disciple the saints, win the lost; all else is baggage.”C.
 
Don’t neglect your family or yourself “If you lose your family or your health, you’ve lost your ministry.”D.
 
Don’t plunge yourself or your church into debt.“Money does strange things to people.”E.
 
Don’t engage in needless battles.“Pick the hill you intend to die on.”F.
 
Don’t criticize the previous administration“Look forward; never look back except to learn or to laud.”G.
 
Don’t capitulate your leadership“Stay in the driver’s seat.”H.
 
Don’t run from problems“Problems do not run from you. They must be solved.”I.
 
Don’t let people get you down
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