- It’s a Calling, not a job.
- Be intentional. The journey from here to there won’t happen automatically or by faint-hearted efforts.
- Be a leader. Leaders lead.
- Make the vision big. Keep the journey simple.
- Just say yes: miracles of growth, new ideas, and including a greater diversity of people may follow.
- Keep opening more doors into the church from the community and into the community from the church.
- Pay the rent. Having a positive attitude; being a cheerleader for the congregation; and building relationships, trust, and goodwill will make the difference.
- Don’t go it alone. It takes partnerships to sustain the journey.
- Transform the worship service into a worship celebration.
- Use the arts, because it’s biblical and it works.
- Be an Evangelist and don’t be bashful about it.
- Leaders need to grow spiritually, too. Sustaining regular self-examination and spiritual growth is essential.
- God blessed life with diversity, multiculturalism, multiracialism, and multi-sexual orientations. Get used to it.
- Travel light. Don’t let a heavy theology, liturgy, and spirituality weigh you down.
- Some of the best clues to transformational leadership are in the Bible. Jesus is a great example.
- Be prepared for hard work, perseverance, and an adventurous journey. Transformational leadership is not for the faint-of-heart.
