★ Rose Madrid-Swetman over at Jesus Creed
My friend and mentor Rose write today on JesusCreed.org’s ongoing series of pastoral wisdom about “if you could begin all over again, what would you do differently?”
Rose co-pastors a church that I highly respect, and her post is well worth reading.
An excerpt:
Scot: If you could begin all over again, what one thing would you have focused on more? Or, put differently, what wisdom would you give to a new pastor if you were asked this question: What should I focus on?
Rose: I am going to make a couple of assumptions. First, I have a core team that is organized around a common mission. Second, that we agree that our faith community is to be a sign, agent, and witness to the Kingdom of God.
With those two assumptions in my pocket, I would focus on “growing a church big rather than growing a big church.” [...]
The whole article is here. Rose blogs here.
This interview would be a really nice complement to what those of you coming over from today’s link to my post to church planters from ChurchMarketingSucks are responding to.
