Changing Culture

This week our staff was able to attend the leadership event Catalyst One Day.  This was a wonderful experience, I actually enjoyed it more that the large gathering in October.  One of the major things that they hit in during the day was Culture.  Meaning the culture of your specific church and context.  The take away for me was that everything that you do as leader and do not do effects the culture.  If you speak a certain way it communicates something, if you put money somewhere it says that its important.  Conversely of you do not advertise or spend money on something it also says that it is not important.  Even if it is, Even if it core of you church.  This is all very interesting in that it means that in leadership everything matters.  Does this intensify the pressure on church leaders?  Does it inflate our self importance?  If we want to change the culture in which we are in, we need to realize that we are leading always even if we are not speaking.  Maybe, just maybe it is refreshing.  For me it is exciting to know that I have a chance to change culture outside the hour a week I am teaching.