Here’s something I’ve discovered about the process of transformation:
When God initiates a change in an area of my life, it usually gets worse before it gets better.
I’m going to preach from John 9 this Sunday. This fascinating passage describes the unorthodox progression of a miracle:
*A blind man encounters Jesus
*Jesus spits on the ground to create [...]
Lesson #3-Protect Your Pastor!
This is the single most important lesson that I have learned from my travels with Pastor Furtick over the years.
I can hear some of you asking…
“What do you mean protect your Pastor and what does that look like?”
“Do I need to dress like a secret service agent, and strap myself with enough [...]
A staff member told his senior pastor the other day (this isn’t code for one of my staff members told me, I promise):
“You’ve changed… ”
And he said it like it was a bad thing.
He didn’t mean that the senior pastor had become arrogant, unapproachable, or Biblically unfaithful. These changes would certainly need to be addressed [...]
One of my mentors taught me this valuable lesson. I’d like to pass it on to you:
The key to experiencing the blessing of God all the days of your life
is learning to maintain what you’ve obtained.
That’s good stuff right there. And it will do us good to unpack it with a couple of examples.
Example #1: [...]
Thanks for tuning in to the Elevation Best Practices Audio Blog… Blogcast… Blaudiopod. This week’s best practice is Stressing Participation Not Membership. This one in particular has had a profound impact on our church culture and our volunteer approach at Elevation. Enjoy.
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How can I even describe the first Sunday of 2008 at Elevation?
-Over 3500 in attendance today. We had to turn away over 100 people at the 10:00 service… and I’m not very proud of that. What I am proud of is the extraordinary job our Elevators did inviting people to church today to kick off [...]
We recently developed a list of 10 characteristics that define the current culture of our Elevation staff.
We stated them in the form of pithy “tests” that would tell us a lot about whether a potential hire would be a good fit here or not.
One of those is the Grab a Pen Test.
The characteristic this test [...]
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Pastor Steven Furtick is the Lead Pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Ekidz Director, Brandon Hibbard: The rain is holding off, perhaps I should try to get some spray painting done...
Graphic Designer, Ryan Hollingsworth: Debating the theories of first time guest brochures - i'm glad Guest Services cares about this, rather than just allowing mindless execution
Project Manager, Lisa Shea: I read John 10:10 today, a personal favorite '...but I have come that they may have life and have it to the full." Powerful!
Guest Services Director, Candice Lanning: Interested in serving at our Providence campus as an Usher? If interested, e-mail me at clanning@elevationchurch.org
Ekidz Director, Brandon Hibbard: Just finished my quarterly staff evaluation-I appreciate that our leadership takes time to help us evaluate progress and determine direction
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