Getting Unstuck: Aligning Your Vision, Strategy, and Team with Tony Morgan

In this episode, I wanted to share an interview from 7 years ago with the late Tony Morgan that is still relevant for church leaders today.

We dive into the challenges and strategies for maintaining a healthy church, emphasizing the importance of sustaining an outward focus and creating intentional ministry environments. Tony shares valuable insights from his book, The Unstuck Church: Equipping Churches to Experience Sustained Health, detailing the church lifecycle and how congregations can avoid plateauing or declining. Practical advice on leadership development, multisite strategies, and effective Sunday morning experiences offers actionable steps for church leaders.

We will miss Tony. He was a remarkable strategist, connector, and Kingdom influencer.
Celebrating Tony Morgan

The Post-Christian Podcast and Giveaways:

Our goal with The Post-Christian Podcast is to reframe, simplify, and focus on our mission to make disciples in a post Christian culture. We discuss reaching new people and raising up leaders while removing the barriers of churchianity.

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Not Like Me – Recent Posts and Winners!

The New Website (www.NotLikeMe.org) includes articles, short films, small group materials, sermon transcripts, assessments, and other resources for a sermon series and your small group. To submit resources or an article (300-700 words) based on one of the chapters in Not Like Me, email Belinda at belinda@mosaic.org.

We are giving away a copy of Not Like Me to one of the contributors whose article or resource are included on the site as well as to those who review the book at Amazon.com! The contributors will be chosen randomly. Send in your articles and resources today!

Recent Reviews:

A Review by D.J. Chuang

A Review by Tony Morgan

A Review by Marcus “Goodie” Goodloe

A Review by Dave Ingland

A Review by Dr. John Jackson

Recent Articles:

“What Are We Waiting For?” by Jamie Locklin

“I Am Hopeful” by Esther Mercado

“Lots of Sex in the City – Next Steps” by Barry Odom

“Adopting the Elementary School” by Doug Axtell

“The Art of Woo Next Steps” by Ryan Daugherty

“Party in Lancaster” by Nathan Kilgore

Recent Winners:

“The Beat-Attitudes” by Marlon Hall

A Review from Mark Sayers

“New Life for Unrequited Dreams” by Christi Watson

A Review by Rafael Sandoval

“Next Steps” by Christa McKirland

Thanks to all of those who have been reviewing the book or writing articles and to all of those who are spreading the message about the importance of serving, loving, and influencing those Not Like Me!

Serving & Leading Creative People

Tony Morgan shared ten insights in leading creative people including:

If you want their input, you’ll need to ask. If you stop asking, they’ll stop contributing.

If you ask, you better consider their input. If you’re not really going to use their input, it’s better not to even ask.

Know that they’ll be emotionally attached to what they create. So, if you decide not to use their creation, you’ll have to process that appropriately and not abruptly.

Serving at Mosaic, I put down some thoughts on the subject in a post called “Managing the Creative Beast.” Here a couple of thoughts to add to Tony’s:

As leaders we aren’t supposed to be the most creative people within our organization. We are to be the equippers of others way more talented than we are (Eph. 4:11-13).

At Mosaic, our volunteer staff process creates the opportunities for spiritual mentoring and character development essential to avoiding the “talent trap.” Too often, as leaders we slip into valuing talent over character. In the end this hurts our community and the person we have recruited prematurely.

The post includes a video of what not to do as well.  🙂

What are some of your ideas on serving and leading creatives?