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Your Church in Rhythm: The Forgotten Dimensions of Seasons and Cycles (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series #52)
By: Bruce B. MillereBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Imprint: Jossey-Bass
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A gentle new way for church leader's to survive stress and burnout
Bruce Miller debunks the idea of balance-basically trying to have it all, all the time. Most churches and their pastors try to do everything at once and feel guilty if any one aspect (worship, ministries, outreach, etc.) is neglected. He replaces the exhausting concept of balance with the idea of rhythm: churches, like people, need to give attention to different programs and ministries at different times, basically by attending to their seasons and cycles. Offers an innovative new model for church leaders Miller has been influential in the formation and promotion of "Church-Based Training" as in international movement Offers a proven method for avoiding burnout for church leaders and members by doing the right things at the right time
The author offers much-need help to overwhelmed leaders and shows them how to apply Miller's seasonal/cyclical approach to church life.
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| Title of Religion eBook: Your Church in Rhythm: The Forgotten Dimensions of Seasons and Cycles (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series #52) | |
| Release Date: 01-14-2011 | |
| Publisher: Jossey-Bass |
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Your Church in Rhythm: The Forgotten Dimensions of Seasons and Cycles (Jossey-Bass Leadership Network Series #52)
Chapter One
Why Do Church in Rhythm?
If you are like me, you understand the feeling of wanting it all now. I want to be spiritually healthy. I'm sick to death of sinning. And I feel the same way about our church: I want it to be mature this week. I'm sick of our church's sin, dysfunction, and immaturity. My aim is for every ministry to be the best it can be. My heart is for us to be a praying, giving, worshipping, teaching, evangelizing, missional, community-impacting, global, loving, discipling church right now. It's not a bad dream, but I can drive my team, our people, and myself crazy with it. We beat ourselves up about what we are not doing or not doing well enough. On biblical measures of a good church and I want us to score well (actually at the top) on every scale, every year.
Some would ask what's wrong with this. It sounds noble. But it is an artificial idealism that ignores the reality of life cycles. It does not recognize our unique identity as a particular local church or this unique time in the life of our church. If we lead our churches to focus on every aspect of a mature church at every moment, it will hurt them. It will put undue pressure on people, piling on unnecessary guilt in the pursuit of an impossible goal. It will diminish our effectiveness because our efforts become diffuse, and it will rob us of joy because we are not celebrating what is going well. There is a better way to do church.
I have claimed that a rhythm approach makes ministry more effective and enjoyable, but does the Bible have anything to say about rhythm? Do we see this idea working anywhere else outside the Bible? Is this a natura
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