{"id":848,"date":"2013-09-09T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=848"},"modified":"2025-05-24T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:35:24","slug":"making-decisions-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/making-decisions-line-up.htm","title":{"rendered":"Making Decisions That Line Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you have not read the section of the site on Church Purpose, please do so now in order for this practicum to be most helpful to you. Click below:<\/em>
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Church Leadership Basics: God’s Purpose for the Church<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/div>\n

Common Decision-Making Practices<\/h2>\n

When it comes to decision-making, it is so easy for leaders to find themselves on one side of the spectrum or the other:<\/p>\n

feelings or instinct<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0————————\u00a0rigorous cost analysis or risk analysis<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the one hand we might say we want to leave room for the Holy Spirit to lead us and on the other hand we cite references like Luke 14:28-32 about counting the cost. What I have so often found is that people at both sides of the spectrum are often more guided by personality or circumstances than by doctrine.<\/p>\n

We need a better standard for making decisions because . . .<\/p>\n