Assuming you have a mission, vision, and values statement, or core values, or purpose statement, begin asking a series of questions:"What committees do we have that are not doing anything that helps these

1. Listen to everything. 2. Empathize (for real). 3. Note what they are feeling. 4. Build that Shared Agenda. 5. Take a point of view, for goodness' sake! 6. Take a personal risk.

Recently a pastor asked me for a copy of my church's building use policy. At first I did not understand the question. Then I got it. Trouble is that my church has never

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