Transitioning

At Severn River Church we recently passed the two year mark. Last night I sat with a friend and we discussed several things that need improvement at SRC. One of the realizations that we came to was that while in the start-up phase decisions were made quickly and changed quickly; largely made by me. Now we have brought more than half of our congregation in, and have introduced them to an existing church. Two things then confront us:

1. Increase information and discussion. Changes in the church are carrying higher gravity among the congregation. This really follows the moves of maturity that we are pursuing in our third year. Setting up a fully functioning elder and leadership board, quarterly meetings of the membership, and training our leaders. By nature I am an activator. I see something that needs to be done and I do it. We will be working on sharing more responsibilities and leadership in the church.
2. Guard against the inertia of becoming "established". We are far too young to become established. We need to be vigilant to be open to experimental forms of ministry, organic in our means of growing disciples, and we need to stay young in our approach to change.

--Ben