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5.1 Governance Structure of ACOP
Structures and governance should always be our servants. In the context of the local church, the structure of the church should enable it to accomplish the mission of the church.
Many organizations and churches are hesitant to change their governance structure, even when it is not serving them well. Please discuss some of the reasons why churches leaders are reticent to make changes to the governance structure of a local church.
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Change can be very difficult for some of us to embrace, especially when it take us out of our comfort zone. Change, not knowing, doubts and the what if kinds of questions.
To embrace change is to embrace the future.
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People are often afraid of the unknown, which is why change can be so difficult within any setting, but I feel as though churches fall victim to this even more as there is a spirit of wanting to honour what has existed before. When change comes it can feel as though the old ways are being thrown out with little respect for the years that it did serve the group well, so in transition it is important to hear the voices of those with hesitancies and find a way forward together
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Some reasons why church leaders may be hesitant to make changes to the governance structure to the church could be because they don’t know how to effectively make changes, they are scared that people may leave the church, or they don’t know when the right time is to make these changes. People often don’t like change, and so making the decision to make a change for a large group of people is often going to be met with some push back or disagreement.
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