Mindset Changes in the Church

Yesterday at Catalyst One Day, Craig Groeschell (Life Church) challenged us the the this verse.

"Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." - Romans 12:2

Mindset changes are one way we can bust through the barriers to take our church to the next level. I talked about thinking differently about our church culture and our programming in yesterday's post. Today lets look at the other two mindset changes.

#3 - Think Differently about the Mission
This one applies whether you are leading people at a fast food restaurant, a car dealership, a furniture store or a church. If you have the wrong person in a position of leadership, the mission suffers. Our initial reaction is "oh, we can't hurt someone's feelings...it's not that bad." Excuses, excuses, excuses! The mission of Auburn Church is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. We are dealing with an issue that has eternal consequences. Can hurt feelings trump people spending eternity separated from their heavenly Father? Absolutely not! So...mindset change...we cannot allow someone to hold back the mission of the church. Will it hurt feelings? Will it break your heart? Yes and yes, but the mission of the church is too important to not make a move.

#4 - Think Differently about Limitations
Think about Peter and John traveling past the temple gate called Beautiful. They encountered a lame man there begging for money. What was Peter's response? "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus, walk!" Peter could have said we can't give you money, because we don't have any money. Instead, Peter established this principle: "God guides by what He doesn't provide." Don't fly past that too quickly.

"God guides by what He doesn't provide." - Craig Groeschell

For a church plant, this is a huge principle. It would be easy for us to look at our limitations and say we can't do this or we can't do that because we don't have ___________. But at Auburn Church, we are on mission to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Our vision is to create a church where unchurched people love to attend. The mindset change is that God is guiding us by what he doesn't provide. Our progress is God's guiding to protect the mission and vision of the church. We will not sit by idly because of what we don't have. We will follow the guidance God has given. We will live out our mission.

Tomorrow, I'll share with you three assignments that Craig gave us to immediately practice busting barriers with mindset changes.

Bobby