Most people don’t realize it, but the one thing leaders spend the majority of their time on is decision making.
I know you think you spend a lot of time on relationships and in meetings, but when you boil leadership down, much of it is spent on decisions.
Most churches don’t have a strong decision making grid that they look through. For many churches, decisions are made based on cost, if they will lose people (or make people mad) or who thought of the idea (if it is a person with power, that gives more weight to the idea in most churches).
While there are some valid points to those, making decisions through that grid won’t always get your church to where God wants it or accomplish the vision God has given you.
Think of your decision making grid as the hills you are going to die on. These aren’t necessarily theological hills, because the theological hills you will die on should kill a decision before it gets too far.
This a philosophical grid.
Here are some questions to consider for your grid:
- As you make a decision, will how that decision affects the next generation or empty nesters be the factor that pushes it over the edge?
- Are the opinions of churched people or unchurched people more important?
- How much does money factor into the decision?
- How much risk are you willing to take?
- Who are you willing to lose?
- Who do you hope to gain?
