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CFTROU 0018: Building a New Church Culture, Not New Church Programs: Messaging

This is the first in a four-part series called “Building a New Church Culture, Not New Church Programs.” In today’s episode, we talk about the importance of messaging. This series includes Family Church’s Communications and Executive Staff Director, Leslee Bennett. We are excited about this series because it is part of the Family Church secret sauce. Other churches often ask about our programs, but we focus on culture more than programs. In today’s episode, we talk about how we build culture through messaging and developing common language.

Key Points:

  • Why culture will define the success of what any church is doing.
  • The importance of preaching to lead, not preaching to preach.
  • Why common language is best disseminated from the pulpit.
  • Developing strategy and incorporating vision and values in your preaching.
  • How developing consistent common language for churches is crucial for developing
    culture.
  • The importance of a pastor/leader setting an example through his own life and family
    life.
  • Being real, authentic, and intentional as a leader.

What matters more than anything is the culture that you’re building. Click To TweetGood culture will beat bad programs every single time and bad culture will destroy good programs every single time. Click To TweetCulture begins with the leader. Click To TweetIt takes a long time to get language from the pastor to the pulpit to the people. Click To Tweet

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Family Church Service Scripts

Family Church Special Service Scripts

Sharper! Conference

Family Church

Jimmy on Twitter

Steve on Twitter

Leslee Bennett on Twitter

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