Accomplishing More with Less
A Travel Free Learning Article
By Eddie
Hammett at EHammett@TheColumbiaPartnership.org
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In tough economic times, not to mention tough leadership times, effective leaders are essential to keeping the church, judicatory, or denomination moving forward. I have been exploring, and experimenting for some time with the role of a Coach in Residence. What I’m discovering is that the coach approach often allows tasks to be accomplished or projects to be moved forward through the short-term, focused services of a Christian leadership coach working with an on-site leadership team.
I’m currently working, as part of my ministry through The Columbia Partnership, as a Church and Clergy Coach for Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of NC. We are discovering more can be accomplished with less full-time staff, revenue, time and energy. Permit me to share a framework we are currently working with for the next year.
Effective churches for a 21st century world are those who pay attention to the context, streamline their organization to maximize their energy, budget and resources, and mobilize their membership inside and outside the walls of their church building. These are not unknown challenges for many churches. The unknown seems to be how to move from where or who we are without losing our identity and integrity. How do churches move into the challenges confronting them to reach a new generation?