So if you are simply curious about how to improve your leadership, or if you find yourself in some degree of stress about leadership, I encourage you to trust in the truth that God is actively being God. All seven of these principles point to the One that matters.

When churches preach Jesus Christ, call people to discipleship, welcome all to community and shared life, practice hospitality and care for others, then churches continually find opportunities to live into a simple Christian witness. 

Story after story unfolds and it becomes so abundantly clear that what makes for health and vitality is that in every new moment there is the space to look for God’s arrival and to name it!

Healthy, vibrant churches have a high degree of correlation between their declared theology and their practiced theology.

Yet if leaders remain in the world of present reality without the hope-engendering question of “What if?” then leaders falter in their leadership.