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I was reading through the “Ten Breakthrough Ideas for 2010” in the current issue of the Harvard Business Review when #9 caught my eye. The author acknowledged that the change-averse nature of established authorities, the accumulated layers of bureaucracy and the comforts of tradition made change cumbersome, if not impossible. So the thought was to create a separate skunkworks project that could nimbly operate on the side until it began to transform the organization. The idea, entitled “Creating More Hong Kongs”, was specifically to create charter cities to transform nations. Even though Hong Kong was created through unusual historical circumstances, it’s impact on China is readily apparent. Now imagine, say, Canada and Cuba setting up a joint venture to develop part of Cuba.
Historically, the church has also been slow to change - and that’s not been all bad. The change-averse nature of the church has protected her from heretical avenues of thought that would have led in the wrong direction. But it could also be argued that the business of the US church and some of the organizational facets have been too slow to adapt for meaningful ministry. It’s difficult to hold unwaveringly to the unchanging foundations of faith and, at the same time, remain flexible in approach and structure. The two become so intertwined that it can be difficult to know where one ends and the other begins. That makes needed changes tough to make in any reasonable period of time.
If you could make any change to help your church better carry out the cause of Christ, what would you do? Is God is calling you to make that change? Remember that change always begins with you but could a skunkworks projects be the answer?
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