Hey Kris, chances are you are in love with the way you are doing ministry right now. I know it's emotional and you feel like you and your ministry are "one"; but dude, (you really liked saying that 10 years ago) dude, what matters is whether or not what you are doing is working to reach people for Christ!
Imagine for a second if someone were to walk into your ministry with fresh eyes and no emotional attachment, just simply a commitment to the Great Commission. Imagine that person walks in and they weren't in love with the programs that are going on, or entrenched in the way you've been doing things for years; imagine they walk in, what would they do different in order to be effective? Now ask yourself, "why aren't you making those changes now?"
Look at the ministry and ask: "what is in decline, and where are you manufacturing energy?" Have the tough conversation with your elders and leaders to answer this question. Begin to look with fresh eyes, and lose the emotional attachment to stuff and programs.
Kris, please, please, please, don't be older and more stubborn 10 years from now. Are you a leader; then why don't you do what needs to be done? Don't simply get serious about change when the money begins to run out; be serious about necessary change now! Are you seriously afraid of making changes because you may make people mad and they will stop giving money? What does that make you?
Remember your passion for reaching people. Forget the emotional attachment to programming, or even for things, forget your fear of man, forget the tendency to lean hard on money. Acknowledge what is not working and own up to why you are unwilling to do anything about it. Do what needs to be done - don't leave it to someone else.
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