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The Transition Process: Phase 3 Facilitating Action

Specialized Transition Ministers ready the church for a new pastor by helping to establish 3-5 key goals based on the Church Health Assessment. These may include: 1) conflict resolution and control management, or 2) switching from inward to outward focus.

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The Transition Process: Phase 2

  This month on Whiteboard Monthly we talk about the importance of Conducting a Health Assessment early on in the transition process – Transition Ministers look at the church from an outside perspective which allows them to identify blindspots that those inside the church cannot see, things that stand in the way of fruitful ministry.▸View TranscriptWelcome to the latest installment …

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Providing Stability

Join Luminex’s Tom Grabill in this insightful video on the first phase of the transition process – Providing Stability. In this video, we will dig into the first essential task of a Transition Minister – providing stability during a time of uncertainty and loss.

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Introducing Transitions

Our focus for today is on transitions. Leadership transitions are something that you probably don’t need anyone to tell you about… but things are changing faster all the time. What worked two years ago doesn’t work now and what was simple and understandable a few years ago is now complex and uncertain. The more things change the more critical it …

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Shared Vision

Today is session  session 6 on Your Church as a Learning Organization. Our focus for today is on shared vision. Stating the obvious, “vision” is a popular focus these days for churches. This is understandable, given that while our call to “go and make disciples” hasn’t changed, everything and everyone around us seemingly has. We simply cannot deny that we …

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Mental Models

 Leave a comment on our YouTube Channel Today we come to session 5 of a 6-session series on “Your Church as a Learning Organization.” At Luminex, we believe that for churches to flourish in today’s volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous times, church leaders must be intentional to guide their congregations to become Learning Organizations that embrace five core disciplines: …

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Team Learning

Leave a comment on our YouTube Channel Let’s talk about team learning! Why is Team Learning so important for learning organizations?  There is a logical connection between the five disciplines, and it all starts with team learning: Quality of communication and relationships (team learning) impacts Quality of thinking (mental models) impacts Quality of actions (planning) (systems thinking) impacts Quality of …