Breakfast WITH Champions

10 Mar 2008

I got to eat with some people I really admire this morning. These people are champions of all things church. If you don’t read their blogs, you should:

Terry Storch
- Lifechurch.tv DIGERATI
- Co-author of The Blogging Church which is a book you need to read if you blog
Anne Jackson
- Author of Mad Church Disease, a book I am PUMPED about
- Recently took the coolest and most life-changing blogging trip ever where she teamed up with 14 other bloggers to change kids lives in Uganda. Why wasn’t I included in this?
- She also wrote this article (and many others). Incredibly insightful, brutally honest, transparent, and real. All things I appreciate in life.
Bobby Gruenewald
- Oversees an amazing resource: LifeChurch.tv OPEN.
- Wears cool t-shirts and used to perform in a rap group…fo’ shizzle.
- Also oversees what, in my opinion, is the most innovative thing any church is doing…interactive church online.

Some quick hits from questions I asked them:

We aren’t ready to hire people for specific tasks yet. We need to hire leaders who are utility players 100% sold out to the vision of connecting people with God. Everything rises and falls on leadership. EVERYTHING.
Our website doesn’t need to do everything. It needs to be SIMPLE and give the really important details (times, directions, etc) in a clear, easy to understand way. Less clutter!
Hire slow. Fire fast.
Building a staff is not about policies and procedures (although we do need those); rather building a great staff is all about synergy and relationships.

Something really interesting and scary happened while we were there too. More about that later? Maybe? Not sure yet. Anne, Bobby, and Terry, I need your help on the “Harmony” thing…