It’s amazing to me how much time and energy on church leadership and creative teams is spent in conflict avoidance. I have actually found that moderate conflict – in the form of passionately held differing opinions – often yields the best end results. Healthy debate helps to identify problem areas and eliminate unneeded roadblocks, rather than just rubber-stamping the opinion of the loudest (or highest-ranking) person in the room…
That being said, the end goal IS unity – Scripture is very straightforward about that. Let’s define our terms to clarify, though. Unity is not everyone having the same opinion. Unity starts with the adult realization that people are different, and have different ideas and ways of looking at the world. It’s then about giving each other a voice in the process, and, in the end, standing behind the final decision – even if you didn’t get your way this time…
“Easy consensus is the enemy of groundbreaking ideas.” – Daniel Lamarre, Cirque du Soliel
Hmmm - well, let's see...
I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
Oh yeah - the name's Greg. Greg Wallace. But not the race car driver or the major league pitcher or the British celebrity chef. Just the creative worship guy. Hi.
It's my hope that these ideas, musings, rants, raves, etc... will inspire you. They're just my opinions - but again, I hope that they'll help to inspire you. Because the church really, really needs inspired creative types. If you're a creative type (and most people are, deep-down), ask God for help. Then take any ideas that are useful to you - borrow them, nab them, use them, adapt them - and make them into something greater...
You can head over to my Instagram site for an abundance of shorter posts: creativeworshipideas. If you're looking for consulting - especially on weekend services, team leadership or multi-site strategies - I'd love to help. Just message me here, and I'll be in touch - Greg
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