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Engineering change

I was talking to wenjiang the other day and he was sharing with me about this. I thought it really make sense and wants to share it here.

There are mainly 2 ways you can go about changing things.

The first, you replace the people. This is the surest and fastest way to change things around. We can it a change of dynasty. Sure, you'll definately get changes, but will it be for the better? Will the kingdom of God benefit at the end of the day?

The second, you change the people from the inside. It means you impact them, you make them buy into what you believe in and you change them. That is one way to change thing.

I guess i'm not siding to any cause it is really a case by case thing. The 1st one may be a bit more extreme. Its what nations always do right? If the people are unhappy and want changes what will they do? They will go onto the street and protest and demand the cabinet or president step down. Just look at South Korea and Malaysia now. Sure, you may get your new president, but will the new president do a better job? Change for the sake of changing may not bring you anywhere.

As Christians, we should be patient and loving and not call for our leaders head or extreme changes everytime something goes wrong. It will just not bring you anywhere. Peter made possibly the greatest mistake a disciple could make but Jesus still entrusted the church to him eh?

However, let's say the leader is unrepentent and leading the ministry in the wrong direction, then maybe a change will be good for both the leader and the group.

Let's look at the 2nd point now. This is a more "Christian" way of doing things? We grow the people. We allow them to buy into what is their missing link and we help them to see the need to grow in a particular area. This is a more genuine change in life i guess.

Tthat's why when things goes wrong, we always question the following in that particular order.

1) Spirit - Is there something wrong in the people when things goes wrong. Are there anything we can do better? If there is, we teach the people and we evaluate again.

2) System - Are things not working out because cg timing is bad. Is cg attendance bad because there is no fun cg, just standard cg. Are there not enough word for life sessions. Does cg cater to everyone in the group?

3) Structure - If all things goes wrong, then we look at the structure. It is the last thing we want to change. We cannot be switching the structure everytime something goes wrong. But if we need to change it, we change it. yeap.

Regards,

Jie Hui

Labels: Leadership

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Monday, July 07, 2008