Right Questions for Church Leaders Volume 1 edition by Lovett Weems Religion Spirituality eBooks
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“Leaders do not need answers. Leaders must have the right questions.” These two sentences introduce one of the most popular features in each issue of Leading Ideas, the online newsletter of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary. This feature grew out of Director Lovett H. Weems’s realization years ago that leaders spend far too much time trying to figure out the “right answers” to a range of issues facing congregational life while that time would be more profitably used in discerning a few key questions that can change the direction of a church.
Leaders are so accustomed to providing answers for the questions of others that they often fail to engage the people in identifying and addressing the major adaptive challenge in the current chapter of a congregation’s life. Since people tend to remember about 20 percent of what they are told, but about 80 percent of what they discover for themselves, questions have the beauty of allowing both the issues and the solutions to arise from within the life of a congregation.
There is also great value in having a repertoire of questions that can be used in a range of settings along the path of leadership. Becoming an adept user of questions makes it less likely that your first response to any topic is to state your opinion or “answer.” Probing questions honor others and provide additional information for you and those with whom you are engaging. The customary reactions of “I think” or “my take on it is” tend to limit options rather than expand them.
But question asking is not primarily a delaying tactic or a shrewd way to get more information before then giving your view. To use questions in this way quickly reveals a manipulative style and diminishes the leader. Instead, the use of questions is to gather more information in order to clarify for you and others exactly what is at stake.
Questions are common in the Bible. Jesus was an adept questioner. The questions in this resource are more practical than profound, but the gift of thoughtful questioning can enhance leadership without necessarily rising to biblical significance.
In response to requests for a collection of questions used in “The Right Question” column over the years, we have organized selected ones by topic and are making them available in this collection. The topics are The Church’s Purpose; Remembering a Ministry’s Purpose; Identifying and Supporting Leaders; Communication; Reaching New Disciples; Seeing Your Church as Others Do; Reviewing Programs; Creative Abandonment; Assessing Differing Directions; Planning; Understanding Your Church’s Identity; Knowing What’s Going On; Making the Most of Meetings; Making Good Decisions; Facing Challenges; and Personal Reflection and Assessment.
Right Questions for Church Leaders Volume 1 edition by Lovett Weems Religion Spirituality eBooks
Dr. Weems, Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Theological Seminary, has assembled a wonderful array of powerful questions in three slim volumes. In the introduction, he asserts"Leaders do not need answers. Leaders must have the right questions.
These two sentences introduce one of the most popular features in each issue of Leading Ideas, the online newsletter of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary. This feature grew out of my realization years ago that leaders spend far too much time trying to figure out the “right answers” to a range of issues facing congregational life while that time would be more profitably used in discerning a few key questions that can change the direction of a church."
Some samples of his questions are:
Regarding a ministry's purpose:
"The questions asked at committee and board meetings send a powerful message about a congregation’s mission. One question asked by a board as it considers programs is: What change in the lives of God’s people does this program seek to create?"
Regarding Church Growth:
"Rick Warren says that many churches are asking the wrong question: “What will make our church grow?” He suggests that the right question is: What is keeping our church from growing?"
Regarding dealing with challenges:
"At the end of the year, one pastor gathers with church leaders to reflect on the year. One question is a bit different from those normally asked of church leaders. After acknowledging that no congregation can be equally strong in every aspect of its ministry, the pastor asks: Are there some areas in which we do so poorly that, if not addressed to some extent, they could undermine the many other aspects of our church that are doing well?"
As a leadership coach specializing in pastors, I think asking powerful questions is one of the most important skills that leaders need to develop. These three books will suggest well over a hundred excellent questions to promote exploration, curiosity, and insight.
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Right Questions for Church Leaders Volume 1 edition by Lovett Weems Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
I thought this book would have much more depth than it did. It is, though, essentially what the title promises--a list of questions to help motivate and focus church leaders (clergy and laity). I was hoping for more of the theology/ theory underlying the questions. It isn't a bad resource, but I expected a little more "bang for my buck."
It was quite useful and informative
Sometimes we get stuck in how we are looking at a problem. What we have been doing is not working and we knew it was time for a change. This book is helping me as the pastor, and my congregations to chart our course in a different way.
This book is exactly what the name implies a collection of questions church leaders should be asking. Often, ones inability to lead effectively stems from false assumptions. Effective leadership requires asking the right questions and having the foresight and courage to journey where the answers lead. Weems provides here an excellent list of questions along with brief reasons why they should be asked.
Dr. Weems, Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership at Wesley Theological Seminary, has assembled a wonderful array of powerful questions in three slim volumes. In the introduction, he asserts
"Leaders do not need answers. Leaders must have the right questions.
These two sentences introduce one of the most popular features in each issue of Leading Ideas, the online newsletter of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership of Wesley Theological Seminary. This feature grew out of my realization years ago that leaders spend far too much time trying to figure out the “right answers” to a range of issues facing congregational life while that time would be more profitably used in discerning a few key questions that can change the direction of a church."
Some samples of his questions are
Regarding a ministry's purpose
"The questions asked at committee and board meetings send a powerful message about a congregation’s mission. One question asked by a board as it considers programs is What change in the lives of God’s people does this program seek to create?"
Regarding Church Growth
"Rick Warren says that many churches are asking the wrong question “What will make our church grow?” He suggests that the right question is What is keeping our church from growing?"
Regarding dealing with challenges
"At the end of the year, one pastor gathers with church leaders to reflect on the year. One question is a bit different from those normally asked of church leaders. After acknowledging that no congregation can be equally strong in every aspect of its ministry, the pastor asks Are there some areas in which we do so poorly that, if not addressed to some extent, they could undermine the many other aspects of our church that are doing well?"
As a leadership coach specializing in pastors, I think asking powerful questions is one of the most important skills that leaders need to develop. These three books will suggest well over a hundred excellent questions to promote exploration, curiosity, and insight.
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