Comments on: Innovation 2007: A New Year, A New Church http://theministrycafe.com/2007/01/innovation-2007-a-new-year-a-new-church/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=innovation-2007-a-new-year-a-new-church Serving Christ in a Coffee Culture Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:34:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cathy Hutchison http://theministrycafe.com/2007/01/innovation-2007-a-new-year-a-new-church/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Cathy Hutchison Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:35:48 +0000 http://theministrycafe.com/2007/01/08/innovation-2007-a-new-year-a-new-church/#comment-21 I once heard Toby Slough of Cross Timbers Community Church say that every January his church completely clears the membership rolls and makes people rejoin. The idea being that you don't want just names on a roster, but living, breathing committed people. I thought it was a brilliant idea. Not just for church membership but also in terms of ideas. January is a great time to look at things as a blank sheet of paper and consider the why's behind your activity only adding back in the ones that are core to your mission. I once heard Toby Slough of Cross Timbers Community Church say that every January his church completely clears the membership rolls and makes people rejoin. The idea being that you don’t want just names on a roster, but living, breathing committed people.

I thought it was a brilliant idea. Not just for church membership but also in terms of ideas. January is a great time to look at things as a blank sheet of paper and consider the why’s behind your activity only adding back in the ones that are core to your mission.

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