The last couple of days has been extremely beneficial for me and the staff of Foothills Community Church. We had Dr. Sam Chand come in and do a consultation with us to help us put some things in place as our church continues to grow.
Some churches bring in a consultant when things aren't going well, but we brought Sam in, in the middle of some of our best days as a church. Dr Chand has amazing insight and works with some of the largest churches in the world.
He spent most of yesterday talking with me and my wife, and other staff and leaders. In his assessment he pointed out some things he felt that we could do to go to the next level. Much of what he talked about was new systems, structure and processes.
Almost everything he told us, we kind of already knew. But sometimes when someone from outside of the organization brings a fresh set of eyes to it, and then makes recommendations, it is very confirming.
What does this mean to Foothills? It means that we have some internal things that need to be in place for us to have maximum impact. A lot of those changes are things that I need to make as the leader. For instance, there are a lot of meetings that I don't need to attend. There are details that I don't need to know. There are a lot of capable leaders at Foothills, so I need to be constantly empowering others to lead.
By God's grace we have had impact on our community, but our best days are ahead so we are positioning ourselves to be ready for those things now!
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