Multitasking! The word invokes awe and wonder from certain generations (of which I am a part). In a perfect world everyone has their specialty and everyone's specialty is in demand. The motto is: "Find one thing and do it well", sounds like sage advice, until you come to the reality that even something that looks like "one" thing as an end product is the result of numerous processes carried out successfully. I've recently been in the process of "growing myself" as a means to grow a healthy church. Wow, the number of books I have to read and retain, the volume of material seems enormous! Combine that with the general oversight of a growing church, with all the processes that involves and it get's pretty exciting! The result is I've gained a great appreciation for what seems to be this generation's (Buster/Millennial) innate ability to "Multitask".

The fact is that: Strategic Planning, Church Marketing, Effective use of technology, Outreach, Skillfully Leading Change, Entrepreneurial Acumen, Cultural Relevance etc. ad nauseam, are all needed to actually bring about real growth of the local church. It then becomes increasingly obvious that the essential element is not really "Multitasking" but, prayer that enables you to tap into that ultimate church growth element "the will and wisdom of God". The early church leaders didn't have knowledge of any of the previously mentioned disciplines but, they did see tremendous growth of the church from 120 to over 3,000 on at the opening service and within the year they had grown to over 8,000. There is a balance that must be struck between the wisdom that we can gain from modern church growth principles and the wisdom of God to bring about phenomenal growth. During the remaining months of this year, I plan to discover that balance and I'll be sharing that discovery with you who are in the same process of becoming the best God would have you to be.