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Start in the Shallow End: How to Make Changes Without Sinking Your Church by Karl Vaters

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Do the easy parts first. It’s a basic principle of life that we sometimes forget in the church. You don’t start elementary swim classes in the deep end of the pool. There’s too much unnecessary risk. Pools have shallow ends for a reason. Your church has a shallow end, too. No, I don’t know what it is, because I don’t know your church. But you know. Or you should. If you don’t know, find out. The future of your church and your time as its pastor may depend on it. Here are four of the steps that helped me find and make changes in the shallow end of the church I pastor:

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When a church is in crisis, it may be hard to believe such a place exists. But it does. Start looking for it by asking this question. What do all these people, despite their differences, find in common that makes them want to call this church, their home church? That’s the shallow end. It’s the part of the church where everyone finds common ground. The reason you’re all there to begin with.

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When you’re starting a change process, you may need to lay your own desires and opinions aside for a while. You may be right about the kind of change that’s needed, but if you start the change process by getting your way at the expense of everyone else, you will divide the church into “us” and “them” camps. Often with the pastor sitting alone on the “us” side.

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