James Higginbotham at Agile Ministry tackled this topic recently. It’s a difficult issue, but one that many church leaders face. Here are the first three suggestions he gives:
- Accept criticism from others, apologize for the breakdown, and offer to make it better going forward
- Pray that God would help resolve the situation peacefully and with all glory to Him, not the person(s) involved
- Schedule a time to chat with the person(s) that were responsible for the breakdown at a time in the future when you are calm down and free of the immediate emotion of failure
Head over and check out the remaining suggestions for dealing with unmet expectations.
January 8, 2009 at 1:23 pm
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