On the surface, the answer to the question 'how do we define growth?' might seem easy, but I'm not so sure. When I consider this question, my brain goes to three places – and from there, and kind of spreads out like a massive flow chart - let me tell you what I mean.

Before you start talking about restructuring your team or ministries, there are a couple of things that are important to remember. I think if you're here, you already know them, but it's always worth saying them out loud.

Church leaders are used to people coming and going from churches for various reasons. What's different this time is that a series of shared experiences that everyone views differently is causing these moves to happen simultaneously.