Don Posterski shares his own stories from what he has seen in the make up of churches as he has travelled across this country. He does share on he likes - Future Faith Churches. The good news is that some churches in every denomination and religious
tradition have found ways to embrace faith that is both personal and social. They
consistently invite people within the range of their influence to personally experience
the living Christ in their lives as well as motivating them to respond compassionately and
practically to people who have specific needs. They are high on soul care and high on
social care churches.
Focus Group Interviewer: "How are you different because of the
influence of this church? How have you changed?
Response: "What do I say? I think it is that now I have a
relationship with God which I could not have said seven years ago. Or at least I'm
developing a relationship. And I can say that out loud too. But I couldn't have seven
years ago."
Gordon MacDonald shares these thoughts -
If you want to think through the subject of the life God blesses, go then to the soul, to the deepest parts of “inner space” where God is most likely to visit with a person, whisper His secrets, establish connections, heal spiritual wounds, generate hope and courage.
The soul is the deeper part of all of us that others cannot see. It is the quiet part where people are most apt to connect with God. In that deeper, quiet place of spiritual geography there was, in biblical times, and is today, dialogue with heaven, events of repentance, praise and worship, and the formation of intentions to life and knowledge that enable people to become what I like to call kingdom-builders.
Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal (co-author of the classic Corporate
Cultures — the 1982 book that popularized the idea of organization
culture) conclude, "The signs point toward spirit and soul as the
essence of leadership."
It would seem that this kind of leadership style is more rooted in character development than learned technical skills. Our inner development is focused on integrity, honest, humility, courage, commitment, sincerity, passion, confidence, wisdom, determination, compassion and sensitivity.
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