Get Your Strategy On
I’m ready for your questions. Fire away.
Apr292008 Filed under: Other Stuff Author: tonyI’m about ready to roll out an FAQ page for the blog. But, before I do that, I’m curious to know your questions about my blog, my ministry or my life. For this purpose, assume nothing is off-limits. Of course, I’m not guaranteeing I’m actually going to respond. That’s the risk you take.
It’s your turn. What are your questions? Let me have it.
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Tony Morgan is a pastor and the Chief Strategic Officer at NewSpring Church where he develops creative solutions for communications, technology and NewSpring Ministries--the church's ministry that equips other church leaders.
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Ben Milstead
April 29th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Do you now recognize country music as the superior form of entertainment or have you not lived here long enough yet? Are you at least referring ot it as “country” and not “country/western”?
What do you think you would be doing right now if God would not have called you into the ministry?
Big Chris
April 29th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
I have multiple questions:
1) Could you explain the hypstatic union? Lots of references to the Greek would be great.
2) Why are Peeps so good? Can an analogy be drawn from their delicious simpleness to the church?
3) In a street fight, who on your staff would be the last one standing?
That should get you some interesting things to cover in the FAQ. If required, I can ask these questions every day so they qualify for the “frequently” portion!
Big Chris
http://mrclm.blogspot.com
Mark Artrip
April 29th, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Want to hang out with me and my buddy Kary Oberbrunner at Catalyst?
Aaron
April 29th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
What did the decision making process look like when…..
- you decided to leave your job to become a pastor at Granger Community Church?
- you decided to leave Granger Community Church to become a pastor at Newspring?
Thanks,
Aaron
http://www.livingthedash.wordpress.com
Spence
April 29th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Other than Newspring and Granger, could you name five churches (or pastors, ministries, etc) that are stretching you as a church leader?
Jarrod Martin
April 29th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
How much time per day do you spend blogging, answering blog comments, maintaining your blog, and tweeting? Do you schedule that or is it something you do when you can?
Nick
April 29th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
From watching your goodbye video at Granger Church it sounded like you started there as just a member or attender, if I am right…
1. How did you go from just a church member to getting into Full Time Ministry?
2. What passion drives or focuses your blogging?
Erika Chapman
April 29th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
The answer may be way too long for your blog but I have long wondered…
What led you to move from your position at your last curch to your current position? I may be wrong but it seems like it was a significant switch in duties, and on and on?
Lucas Baerg
April 29th, 2008 at 11:34 pm
With all your travels to different church facilities during your multi-site tour, was there any consistent theme to cool church design? Any innovative design ideas? Like plasma TV’s in the bathrooms…
Joey Smith
April 30th, 2008 at 6:51 am
Hey Tony,
Would love to hear about your conversion experience. Were you ever a bad boy, like Perry….and me? Seriously. Would love a brief testimony.
Larry Baxter
April 30th, 2008 at 9:34 am
One ministry question we’re facing is: How do you intentionally develop leaders within your church? Our context is that of trying to break through the mid-sized church barrier (200-500 to beyond) by moving from pastor-does-ministry to pastor-equips-for-ministry model. We’ve recently formed a Strategic Leadership Team, and one top priority is a process for Intentional Leadership Development.
Thanks, Larry
http://www.calvarybc.net
http://stepuptothecall.blogspot.com
Eva
April 30th, 2008 at 10:22 am
I attend to a little church in Spain, about 40people on Sunday and 12 in the prayer meeting. My husband and I are collaborators, not elders or pastors, but we tryed to use new technology but some people don’t like it and we were discouraged,some to say us?
Jeremy
April 30th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Who are leaders you learn from?
When do you set aside time to learn?
Where and how do you learn?
Chris Lewis
April 30th, 2008 at 10:54 am
What does an average work week look like for you? You’re at a church that God is blowing up, you are a published author, and you blog & twitter fiendishly! Yet you seem to maintain a well balanced life. I guess my specific question is how many hours per week do you typically invest in each of those areas?
Kirk Longhofer
April 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
There is only one question.
Only one. The world wants to know.
Can I have a hug? Please?
Jim W
April 30th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
What must I do to be saved?
Jason Hicks
April 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
A couple questions:
1. What was your career path leading up to full-time ministry?
2. Our church has clearly caught the vision to change. However, we are clearly understaffed to do it. What has been the best tools you have used to develop KEY volunteer leaders to fill in the roles you would prefer to have full-time staff for?
3. Has the income generated from book sales been a distraction or wall to reaching those within and outside the church?
Thanks!
tony morgan
April 30th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Here are the questions I’ve received through Twitter:
jessephillips: Have you read the REVEAL study, from Willow Creek, what do you think? Is there any application for New Spring?
willjenkins: give us a weekly run down of your schedule through the week. leave out the private parts but from your rising to sleeping again.
joecase: Q2: What part if your ministry just totally pumps you up, something you just can’t wait to do…and why?
joecase: Q: What is the one thing in your ministry you dread doing…or that you like the least…and why?
jillharris: i wear 5 leadership hats in church plant < 1 year old.your blog resonantes always…how do you “compartmentalize” your life?
Blake Thompson: Why don’t you watch LOST? What does the ACC have over the SEC? Where is your favorite Mars Hill? Any podcasting from you soon?
aaronalexander: what is the type of criticism that u (or the church) receives that is hardest to deal with?
Blythe Adams: How do you handle all those kids?
Wes Bell: 1. What is your biggest challenge for you in your area of ministry. 2. How do you balance ministry and family.
Blythe Adams: how does your wife handle four kids. I barely handle two.
michaelmcminn: how about some top 5’s: top 5 bands, top 5 books, top 5 places to visit, top 5 fav foods or restaurants
Joshua Gregory
May 1st, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Il Duce,
If you have to solicit them, are they really “frequently asked” questions?
Josh