Well, it’s 5:00am Eastern and I can’t go back to sleep, so I thought I would go ahead and blog about my trip to Buford , GA.

First, the reason for the trip. My church brought me in with the express understanding that we would be changing some of the things that we do in order to reach a younger generation that was missing from our (and many other churches’) congregation. We’ve made one major change that has resulted in an influx of people, increased giving and a really great attitude in the church. That basically boils down to a change in personality in leadership and in the pulpit. Me.

That’s well and good, but it won’t make a conventional church healthy in a declining neighborhood. At least not for the long run.

As is typical, we have seen that initial surge peak and then a brief decline, which is usually followed by leveling off and then (prayerfully) steady growth.

In other words, we have seen just about all the benefit that we are going to see from just changing pastors. If we are to continue to grow from here, we are going to have to begin to make the changes that will be the difference in the long run.

Therefore, I need to understand what change is good, necessary and, most importantly, the pitfalls and challenges of change.

Marty once told me that the hardest part of change is doing something you know will disrupt people, but also knowing it was the right thing to do and that there was no other real choice. Well, the hard part was afterward, as you watch the decision play out and you second guess what you know to be the only real move you can make.

More later.

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