Catalyst One Day: Craig Groeschel on Busting Barriers

Craig Groeschel is the senior leader at LifeChurch.tv. He blogs with others a Swerve. Quotable from Craig’s session…

• The longer your ministry has been stalled, the more likely you’ll have to do something drastic to break out of it.
• What got you to this point is not likely to get you to where God wants you to go.
• It requires a different mindset to grow to a new level for your organization.
• Whatever you blame on your people, you need to blame on your leadership.
  • “Our people won’t give” – No, you haven’t led them to be generous.
  • “Our people won’t reach lost people” – No, you haven’t led them by your example.
• We think we have to do more to reach more.
• We eliminated everything except 5 things. We do…
  • Weekends
  • Small Groups
  • Missions
  • Kids
  • Students
• Are you about your mission…or are you about guarding people’s feelings?
• Some church cultures communicate that they can’t leave the church. To grow your church, sometimes you need people to leave.
• People say, “God guides by what He provides.” Sometimes God provides by what He does not provide.
• Don’t ask people what they do – find out how they think.