Chapter 5 Study Notes Flashcards
Know the American-Indian Story of the prairie chicken and how it might apply to a church and a pastor.
Eagle was raised as a prairie chicken and did all the things that the prairie chickens did. One day, he saw an eagle flying in the sky and wanted to fly high, too. But everyone told him he could never do that because he was a ‘prairie chicken’. The eagle died thinking he was a prairie chicken and never reached his full potential.
Know some statement examples of ‘skeptics’ that have mocked humanities achievements
“To harness the energy locked up in a matter is impossible.”
“This foolish idea of shooting at the moon is basically impossible.”
Quote the common business quote
“The only thing in life that’s achieved without risk is failure,”
What did J.C Penney observe?
“Geniuses themselves don’t talk about the gift of genius. They just talk about hard work and long hours.”
What did Thomas Edison believe?
That genius was 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
What did Charles Baudelaire state?
“He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.”
What did Dr. David McClellan believe? (In broad terms)
Most people in the world can be divided into two broad groups. There is the minority, which is challenged by adversity and opportunity - willing to work hard to achieve something. Then there is the majority, which really does not care all that much.
Quote Machiavelli
“There is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.”
What four steps did most churches go through in implementing a new organizational and management system (AND EXPLAIN EACH VERY WELL)
- Communication - initial learning stage, people find hard to grasp so the pastor needs direction in teaching this.
- Clarification - feedback stage (positive and negative) several months
- Cooperation - resisters stop resisting, plans prevail, begin to see the fruit of labor 6-8 months
- Commitment - most of kinks have been worked out approx. 1 year
What did a veteran missionary to Taiwan experience and what conclusion did she come to?
She was feeling overwhelmed and felt that she couldn’t handle everything. She heard the thought “who can’t?”
Conclusion: was it I who had this missions burden by myself? did I dare to say what the Lord can’t do?
What did Richard Armour warn in his verse?
Procrastination
What is presented at the end of this chapter and why is this important
Plan of Implementation
Because it helps the church to grow.
