Mercy Culture Church | Pastor's Impartation
Creating a Healthy Church Culture
Pastor's Impartation Weekend
Locations & Times
Mercy Culture Church
1701 Oakhurst Scenic Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76111, USA
Monday 9:30 AM
A healthy culture is not a reflection of your people, it’s a reflection of heaven.
As a Pastor/High level leader, you are the CCO: Chief Culture Officer
Every church has a culture. You are either intentionally creating culture or unintentionally creating a subculture.
As a Pastor/High level leader, you are the CCO: Chief Culture Officer
Every church has a culture. You are either intentionally creating culture or unintentionally creating a subculture.
QUESTION: How strong is your culture?
Ask 3 leaders
Culture is NOT
- Style
- Feel
- Atmosphere
- Systems
Ask 3 leaders
Culture is NOT
- Style
- Feel
- Atmosphere
- Systems
If you can’t articulate your culture, you can’t replicate It.
If you mimic someone else’s culture, it’s no longer culture, it’s a style.
Culture is created by celebration and toleration.
- Toleration creates subculture
- Subculture lives in the leadership gap
Culture is protected by being built.
- We don’t protect culture, we build it.
- Unhealthy people always say what culture is not, and can never tell what culture is.
- Healthy culture rejects unhealthy subculture.
- Toleration creates subculture
- Subculture lives in the leadership gap
Culture is protected by being built.
- We don’t protect culture, we build it.
- Unhealthy people always say what culture is not, and can never tell what culture is.
- Healthy culture rejects unhealthy subculture.
Heart is automatic
Creating Culture
Our Culture is made up of four elements: + OUR VISION + OUR VALUES + OUR UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS + OUR STANDARDS OF LEADERSHIP
https://www.mercyculture.com/cultureVision:
What you bleed when you're cut open
What you bleed when you're cut open
Values:
Your driving behaviors
Who you are at your best
Your driving behaviors
Who you are at your best
Our Value of Heath:
LEADERS GO FIRST
We remain healthy by prioritizing personal encounters with God, pursuing purity, putting family first, and protecting our sabbath so we can lead others in health.
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What you’re least interested in, you need the most.
How do we recognize we’re not healthy?
1. Not having fun.
2. Tired after you've rested. (It’s not a tired problem, it’s a health problem.)
3. You’ve lost your Daily Encounter. (Where you’re not a pastor, it’s just you and God.)
4. You're disobedient in keeping the sabbath.
LEADERS GO FIRST
We remain healthy by prioritizing personal encounters with God, pursuing purity, putting family first, and protecting our sabbath so we can lead others in health.
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What you’re least interested in, you need the most.
How do we recognize we’re not healthy?
1. Not having fun.
2. Tired after you've rested. (It’s not a tired problem, it’s a health problem.)
3. You’ve lost your Daily Encounter. (Where you’re not a pastor, it’s just you and God.)
4. You're disobedient in keeping the sabbath.
Our Value of Trust:
LEAN INTO AWKWARD
We build the trust, character and relationships of tomorrow by engaging in the tough conversations today.
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When you feel awkward, that feeling is the indication to lean in.
Some people resist or fear confrontation. Lean into awkward embraces it.
LEAN INTO AWKWARD
We build the trust, character and relationships of tomorrow by engaging in the tough conversations today.
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When you feel awkward, that feeling is the indication to lean in.
Some people resist or fear confrontation. Lean into awkward embraces it.
Our Value of Empowerment:
OUR HEART, YOUR MIND
We empower those with our heart to lead with their mind. We trade empowerment for teachability and humility.
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We decided that we’d risk greatness for the guarantee of mediocrity.
OUR HEART, YOUR MIND
We empower those with our heart to lead with their mind. We trade empowerment for teachability and humility.
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We decided that we’d risk greatness for the guarantee of mediocrity.
Our job is to train leaders to lead through the values.
Unique Characteristics:
The “Why”
The “Why”
Standards of Leadership:
Determines who we empower
Determines who we empower
How do we take culture from mind to heart?
1. Pulpit
2. MC Connect
3. Meetings
4. Walls
5. Social Media
1. Pulpit
2. MC Connect
3. Meetings
4. Walls
5. Social Media