Does Your Church Need a Church Consultation?

Podcast Episode #397

Church consultants can be very valuable and effective for churches if they are used well. Today we discuss when to get one, what to look for , ad what the outcome should be.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

If a church is having a consultant come in and the senior pastor isn’t involved, that’s a red flag.
The primary benefit of a church consultant is having some look at the church with outside eyes.
Church consultants can bring to your church new ideas.
A consultant who can diagnose without providing a solution is a worthless consultant.
Hiring a church consultant means a church at least wants to change the status quo.
Don’t wait until it’s too late to bring in a church consultant.

The seven points we cover are:

Understanding what a consultant is and does
Grasping the importance of the true client
Looking through outside eyes
Looking for fresh ideas
Getting our head out of the sand
Re-starting the vision cycle and dreaming again
Rejecting the status quo

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