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This is Where Authentic Unity in the Church is Found

Category: Church Leadership Tags: body of christ, control, decentralization, facilitation, freedom, submission, unity by Michael Fleming

Summary: Counterfeit unity occurs in the relationships between people who want and like to have control and people who don’t mind being controlled. …

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10 Crucial Steps To Becoming A Consistently Wise Church

Category: Church Leadership Tags: body of christ, decentralization, decision-making, elders, God's purpose, psychology by Michael Fleming

In the Consistently Wise series, I've attempted to lay out the characteristics of an environment in which consistently wise decisions can be made in a …

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How Making Wise Decisions Can Become Second Nature To A Church

Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, communication, decentralization, decision-making by Michael Fleming

Summary: A group's culture regulates its behavior, and that culture is established by the standards and principles they've agreed to. Decision-making …

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Why A Centralized Church Still Makes Bad Decisions

Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: body of christ, communication, decentralization, decision-making, identity by Michael Fleming

Summary: The answer to communication breakdowns in decentralized networks is not to centralize. It's to improve information-sharing processes. …

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3 Phenomena That Can Cause Your Church To Be Dumber

Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, decentralization, decision-making, diversity, psychology by Michael Fleming

Summary: Breakdowns in a church's decision-making processes can lead to 3 phenomena that violate the conditions a group needs to be consistently wise. …

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The Road To An Unhealthy Church Is Paved With Good Intentions

Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: decentralization, the world's system by Michael Fleming

Summary:  Systems are predictable, regardless of people's intentions that operate within them.  The principles of the systems you operate by …

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What Google, eBay & Amazon Can Teach Churches About Leadership

Category: Church Leadership Tags: authority, decentralization, power by Michael Fleming

Summary:  Google, eBay & Amazon all put systems in place where influence was based on trust earned over time.  The Kingdom doesn't contain leader …

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12 Unique Qualities Of An Authentic Church Planter

Category: Church Planting Tags: authority, decentralization by Michael Fleming

Summary:  Those called to be church planters have very unique qualities.  There are 12 in particular that stand out.  They can be a guide to …

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This Amazing Animal Shows Us How Healthy Churches Function

Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: authority, church lifestyle, decentralization, power by Michael Fleming

Summary: Because everything we've known is from the world's system, we have a hard time making sense of how the Kingdom of God operates.  But the …

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Is Paying People To Do Ministry Healthy For A Church?

Category: Church Structure & Order Tags: authority, decentralization, money, power by Michael Fleming

Summary:  Paying people to do ministry centralizes the open system that God designed the Church to be and creates divisions in His Body that He never …

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