Unlocking Leadership for the Future
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Accepting Change; Understanding Our Community; Responding To The Challenge. Presented at the IGNITE Conference at the First Baptist Church of College Hill in Tampa FL by Dr Darryl M Matthews
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Unlocking Leadership for the Future
- 1. The Future Is Now! 2016 Ignite Leadership Conference First Baptist Church of College Hill 2016 October 29 Dr Darryl M. Matthews
- 2. Dr Darryl M Matthews revmatthews@pastordarryl.com Twitter: darylmark Instagram: revintampa www.pastordarryl.com www.pastordarryl.com/ignite-2016
- 3. The Future Is Now!! • Change • Something we all have to deal with • Challenge • Understanding multi-generational groups within the church • Community • Urgency of integrating younger generations into the church NOW! 3
- 4. Dealing With Change The Future Is Now 4
- 5. “Life Is Change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” Dealing With Change 5
- 6. Dealing With Change • Definition “Moving from what is to what could be” 6
- 7. Dealing With Change – Examples Of Change • Moses taking the Hebrews to the promised land • Joseph implementing a savings program ahead of the famine • Paul blazing new ministry in the early church 7
- 8. Dealing With Change – Response To Change • Early Adopters • Early Majority • Quiet Majority • Opponents 8
- 9. Dealing With Change – Response To Change • How we respond to change is important in the life of any church. • Not responding is a response • Why is it that change can be so challenging? 9
- 10. Understand The Challenge The Future Is Now 10
- 11. Understand The Challenge – Congregations • Change is challenging because change involves people • There are different generations within the church: • Traditionalist (1900-1945) • Baby Boomers (1946-1964) • Generation X (1965-1980) • Millennials (1981-2000) 11
- 12. Traditionalists (61+) Influences Characteristics • Great Depression • Roaring 20’s • WWI and II • Korean War • GI Bill • Patriotic loyal “waste not want not” • Faith in institutions—one company career • Military influenced top down approach KEYWORD: LOYAL 12
- 13. Traditionalists (61+) Keys To Working With • Work is not supposed to be fun • Follow rules but want to know procedures • Frustrated by what they see as lack of discipline, respect, logic and structure • Consider their feelings • Conservative in the workplace • Like the personal touch 13
- 14. Baby Boomers (42-60) Influences Characteristics • Suburbia • Television • Vietnam, Watergate • Protests, Human Rights Movement • Drugs &Rock ‘n Roll • Idealistic • Competitive • Question Authority KEYWORD: Optimist 14
- 15. Baby Boomers (42-60) Keys To Working With • Want their ideas to matter • Careers define them; work is important to them • Expect their work to matter • Do well in teams • Respond well to attention & recognition • Don’t take criticism well • Need flexibility, attention & freedom 15
- 16. Generation X (26-41) Influences Characteristics • Sesame Street, MTV • Game Boy • Personal Computer • Divorce Rate Tripled • Latch Key Children • Resourceful • Self-reliant • Distrustful of Institutions • High Adaptive to Change & Technology KEYWORD: Skepticism 16
- 17. Generation X (26-41) Keys To Working With • Want independence in the workplace and informality • Need time to pursue other interests • Allow them to have fun at work • Need the latest technology 17
- 18. Millennials (up to 26) Influences Characteristics • Expanded technology • Natural Disasters/9-11 • Violence/school shootings • Terrorism • Diversity • Globally concerned • Realistic • Cyber literate • Personal safety high concern KEYWORD: Realistic 18
- 19. Millennials (up to 26) Keys To Working With • Wants to work with friends • Disrespected if required to do things just because its always been done that way • Provide engaging experiences that develop transferable skills • Provide rationale for the work they’re asked to do and the value it adds. • Likes a structured, supportive work environment 19
- 20. Understand The Challenge – Congregations • Traditionalists have been in decline in the general population for some time. • Millennials have surpassed Baby Boomers as the largest living generation. • If our congregation is to continue to thrive, we have to engage and integrate Millennials into the fabric of our congregation 20
- 21. Creating Community The Future Is Now 21
- 23. Creating Community • We’ve grown used to the phrase that young people “are the church of tomorrow.” • With the passage of time, tomorrow is NOW!! • What steps can we take to make our fellowship more enticing to the younger Gen X and Millennial generations? 23
- 24. Creating Community • Unlock Keychain Leadership • Empathize with Today’s Young People • Take Jesus Message Seriously • Fuel A Warm Community • Prioritize Young People & Families • Be the Best Neighbors 24
- 25. Creating Community: Unlock Keychain Leadership The Future Is Now 25
- 26. Unlock Keychain Leadership • Keys are capabilities, power and access of leaders • Keychain leadership refers to congregational leaders who are • Aware of the keys on their keychain • Are intentional about entrusting and empowering all generations with their own set of keys 26
- 27. Unlock Keychain Leadership • Keychain leaders are . . . • mature not always young • Real/authentic, not relevant • Warm and not distant • In touch with what matters to people and not just other pastors • Entrust and empower others • Take the long view Empathize with Today’s Young People 27
- 28. Unlock Keychain Leadership Action Items: • What are some keys (capabilities, power, access) that you already have shared or given away to others, especially to young people? • What can we do in the next few weeks or months to move towards greater sharing of the “keys”? 28
- 29. Creating Community: Empathize With Today’s Young People The Future Is Now 29
- 30. Empathize with Today’s Young People • Congregations needs to feel with this generation of young people • Three key question young folks wrestle with . . . • Who am I? • Where do I fit in? • What difference do I make? 30
- 31. Empathize with Today’s Young People • Young people are finishing their season of exploration later • Young people have an earlier starting line • Earlier start + later finish = Longer race 31
- 32. Empathize with Today’s Young People • Action Items • What was your own quest for identity, belonging & purpose like? • What stereotypes do you still carry regarding young people? • When was the last time you walked through our church looking through the eyes of a young person? 32
- 33. Empathize with Today’s Young People • Action Items • How many teenager’s names do you know? • What activities could we do as a church fellowship to bring young and old together? • How are we supporting and encouraging young marriages? 33
- 34. Creating Community: Take Jesus’ Message Seriously The Future Is Now 34
- 35. Take Jesus’ Message Seriously “American young people are, theoretically, fine with religious faith—but it does not concern them very much, and it is not durable enough to survive long after they graduate from high school.” Kenda Creasy Dean Fuller Seminary 35
- 36. Take Jesus’ Message Seriously • Young people need more than a behavior based gospel derived from the Golden Rule • Taking Jesus message seriously means less talk about beliefs & more talk about Jesus • Young folks want to know not only what they are saved from but what they are saved for 36
- 37. Take Jesus’ Message Seriously • Vital factors to help young peole share faith today include • Building authentic relationships • Listening well • Being honest about questions and doubts 37
- 38. Take Jesus’ Message Seriously • Action Items • What words and phrases does our congregation use to talk about Jesus, the gospel and evangelism? How do young people respond to that language? • How can we move beyond a behavior-based gospel into a more robust Christian lifestyle? 38
- 39. The Future Is Now! Discussion & Reflection On Action Items
- 40. Dr Darryl M Matthews Email: revmatthews@pastordarryl.com Twitter: darylmark Instagram: revintampa Additional resources available at www.pastordarryl.com/ignite-2016
Editor's Notes
- During my time with you today I will be addressing the following areas: Change, Challenge and Community. Change is something we can’t get away from in our lives, the church and the world In the midst of change, we have the challenge of understanding the different groups within the church generationally. Our challenge is to create a community where the up and coming generation feel empowered in the life and progress of the church today.
- There is no getting away from change in our lives. From the time we come out of the womb we experience change every day. Our bodies are constantly changing from the womb to the tomb. Whether we benefit from the change through growth is another thing. Everyday we have to make choices about how we are going to handle change. The same is true in the church. This church has changed over 112 years.
- Key: Moving - You can’t change an stand still. When think about repentance, even that involves a turning from the road of destruction to the road of life. Key: From What Is – There is a need to understand where we are and that involves observation and evaluation Key: What Could Be – Having the courage to go somewhere or down a path you have not travelled before and that can be scary because it is, oftentimes, unknown.
- Moses had to take a group of people with a slave mentality to a promised land known only to God. They were going from a horrible situation that they had grown used to and were asked to cast it aside for a land they had never seen before. Joseph was tasked to create a savings plan in the good times based on a dream that talked about a coming time of famine. Paul had to deal with an early church that was still entrenched in Jewish traditions. He had a confrontation with Peter in Antioch over fellowship with Gentiles because Peter acted one way around Jews and another way when Gentiles were around. Paul also had to deal with some of the chaos going in Corinth over factions in the church, the exercise of spiritual gifts.
- Early adopters: people who enthusiastically embrace and adopt to change. Early majority: people similar to early adopters just a little slower. They like change but don’t want to rush into it too quickly. Quiet majority: these folks understand the need for change but reflect upon the hassle of changing. They aren’t opposed but don’t feel they have to be on the front edge of change. They want to wait and see how things are going with the change and will slyly jump on the bandwagon down the road. Opponents: they folks have different reasons for opposing change but are united in their opposition to change. These are folks who rarely have a future-oriented sense of vision or purpose. People experience change differently in the body of Christ
- How we respond: Change can wreck havoc in any organization and, it seems, especially the church.
- Tomorrow: I’ve heard that phrase from when I was a little boy. If we are not careful, our church can grow old quickly and when we look around, there isn’t anyone to handle the mantle of leadership off to.
- Keychain: Sharing power with the right people at the right time Empathize: Why 25 is the new 15 and 15 is the new 25 Message: What Young about the Good News Fuel: Warm is the new cool Prioritize: From talk to reality Neighbors: Loving and Shaping Your World well
- Keys in the world provide access to physical rooms, strategic meetings, significant decisions and central roles or places of authority. More power usually means more keys.
- Keys in the world provide access to physical rooms, strategic meetings, significant decisions and central roles or places of authority. More power usually means more keys.
- Empathy: understand more of what’s going on internally, beneath the surface, as well as the external cultural forces that press in on our young people today. Who: Identity Where: Belonging Difference: Purpose Teens and young adults wrestle with those questions more so that older adults who have settled these questions.
- Exploration is the period where one has completed education (college now more a requirement), gotten married and started a family. Job movement is much more common. Compared to 1970, parents are providing much more Starting: we are pushing our kiddies to do more at an earlier age (15 is the new 25). Kids have done more and seen more at 15 than ever before (e.g., 2nd graders with a passport at Montessori). Exposed to more of the world now than ever before Longer race: today’s young people have to wrestle with A LOT of things for a longer period of time
- Moralistic: a good, moral person (a nice person) Therapeutic: a faith that makes them feel better about themselves Deistic: God exists but is not involved in human affairs with regularity Beliefs vs Jesus: less talk about the bye and bye and how am I supposed to live out my life here and now