| The “Crawl, Walk, Run” Mindset |
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| Written by Patrick Morley |
| Sunday, November 04 2007 19:00 |
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A team of highly competent businessmen started a men’s discipleship ministry in their church. They immediately scheduled a men’s seminar and made plans for hundreds of men to attend. They used all their business expertise to plan and rally the men. Essentially, they tried to “will” the seminar into existence. But they had to cancel because not enough men registered. Wisely, they realized they had tried to run before they had walked—or even crawled. They went back to a “crawl, walk, run” mentality. They reminded themselves that when building a men’s discipleship ministry they needed to be patient. Two years later, those same leaders had won the involvement of their senior pastor. They had built relationships with key men in the church. They rescheduled a men’s seminar and are expecting great results. The full article is available FREE to registered users. Please SIGN UP or LOGIN to view. |





