The Shrinking Church 08 – Pastors are Entrepreneurs…So Get Over It!

Pastors are Entrepreneurs…So Get Over It!

 Please reframe the male gender in the language and focus of this classic book about how our thinking drives our results.

“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state…Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.” ― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh*

“As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.” ― James Allen, As a Man Thinketh*

In a previous post, I focused on the feeling by some leaders that they are not worthy. Feeling unworthy and thinking that we are unworthy leads to people treating us as unworthy. For over 40 years, I served PCUSA and UMC churches as Director of Music, Director of Music Ministry, or Director of Worship and Fine Arts, and worked with some really capable clergy as senior pastor or associate pastor.

Many of the pastors were, in fact, very savvy in business principles and systems. Some were not. The big difference with those who were able to think like an entrepreneur, was in church growth, effective and relevant programming, and positive financial results. The church wasn’t a business. But the church embraced good business practices.

The same traps catch clergy that catch business leaders. Below is my list of the top 5 essential elements for healthy organizations, without which leaders guide the organization onto risky ground.

The essential pillars for organizational success are these:

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