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.

Everyone in your church measures success somehow- and that's not a bad thing. When someone measures success, it means they're looking to see if what they're doing is working. The problem comes when all those people are measuring success in different ways. When that happens, you run into a problem with expectations and opinions about what should happen next.

There is a culture of competition between churches today that's unhealthy. The idea that if we only had the resources or the staff or the building the church down the street has, we could compete. Please, don’t think like that.

One of the biggest balancing acts that a leader has to deal with daily is walking the line between bringing a Leader and being a Manager. Both approaches are important, and both have their time, but if you're the wrong one at the wrong moment, your team can get confused.

If you lead a team, sooner or later, you're going to run into conflict. Whether it's something someone said or did, eventually, there will be a moment when your team isn't on the same page. And the type of leader you are, combined with your personality, will influence when you notice it, how you deal with it, and how your team makes it through