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The 12 Steps of Congregational Change — Setting the Stage
at a meeting (Photo credit: smussyolay) About a year and a half ago, a new member to our church community came with a request. He shared that he and his wife were recovering alcoholics, and that they...
View ArticleThe 12 Steps of Church Change: Step 1 — Powerlessness
We admitted we were powerless…that our lives had become unmanageable. –12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous I don’t know about you, but as the pastor of a traditional, historic, aging, church that has been...
View ArticleA bit more on powerlessness and leadership
One of the things that we church people have done these days is to revere the culture of competence. We have taken the call to be a community of broken individuals working toward wholeness and...
View Article12 Steps of Church Transformation: Step 2 — A Power Greater Than Us #2
We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. –12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous– I left us with a question in the last post: do we REALLY believe in a God who has...
View Article12 Steps of Church Transformation: Step 3 — Surrender
We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous One of the interesting things about the 12 steps is the recognition that...
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The AA Model of Church
Last night, as is my usual practice, I headed over to the local “8:05 Group” of Alcoholic Anonymous for my weekly does of 12 Step education. For the record, just in case anyone is wondering, I don’t...
View Article12 Steps of Church Transformation: Step 2 — A Power Greater Than Us #1
We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. --12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous-- So far, the 12 steps have asked us to admit that we are powerless to effect...
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