Reform or Refunction? January 31, 2012
Posted by Dan R. Dick in Church Leadership, Core Values, Critical Thinking, Identity & Purpose, Strategic Planning, The United Methodist Church.Tags: Church Leadership, Mission & Purpose, The United Methodist Church, Values, Vision
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Well, what do you know, I basically agree with the General Secretaries of our General Boards and Agencies (with a few exceptions): we should be very clear about the missional outcomes we are trying to produce before we determine the best structure to adopt. Amazing. There are some in the church that actually believe that what we are trying to accomplish should impact how we structure to do our work. Knowing who we are, why we exist, and what we need to do all precedes the discussion of how to do it! Brilliant. A history of tinkering with a broken system and then trying to figure out what to do with it may actually come to an end… Nah, that’s hoping for too much. We won’t actually change the system — we will merely rearrange what doesn’t work into new configurations that don’t work, then wonder why. That, my friends, is the Methodist way.
