The Next Level Leadership Series Just completed -Redefining Success in Ministry with Karl Vaters
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Session 1: Redefining Success In Ministry
What is successful pastoral ministry? And how can we break away from the usual attendance-based focus? In this session, Karl Vaters will talk about how chasing a false view of success can hurt the pastor and the church, and how to take the essential journey to redefine successful ministry from a biblical standpoint.
Principles will include:
- Identifying and escaping The Grasshopper Myth
- Three undeniable realities of church ministry
- The “Long Tail” principle
- Bigger fixes nothing
- …and more
Session 2: Big Churches, Small Churches: What’s The Difference?
Small churches are different from big churches. It’s not a matter of scale, but of type. Many big church principles just don’t translate well to a small church context. In this session, Karl Vaters will share those principles in a way that will help small and big churches work together better. We’ll also explore the role of the Law of Large Numbers, and how a church’s culture affects everything.
Karl Vaters's heart is to help pastors of small churches (up to 90 percent of us) find the resources to lead well, and to capitalize on the unique advantages that come with pastoring a small church – something virtually every pastor will spend at least some of their ministry years doing. He also believes that big and small churches can and should work together more often – to the benefit and blessing of everyone.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry. Episodes feature in-depth interviews about the topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context.
Karl has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience. He and his wife, Shelley have three children and two grandkids.
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