ARTICLE: Leading a Movement

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1) ASSESS THE CURRENT REALITY.
Nehemiah 1:3-4; 2:13

Study the situation until it touches your

.

2) DEFINE YOUR PURPOSE.
Nehemiah 2:17

Your purpose cannot be defined merely as a destination or single objective; instead, it should be defined as the actions or

it will take to reach a destination or goal.

3) DEVELOP AN INITIAL STRATEGY.
Nehemiah 3

Culture is often defined as a group of people who share common values and behaviors. Behaviors flow out of values. —Pastor Jason
Develop strategies that focus on

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based on your values. This will create the culture you envision.

4) MODEL THE MISSION.
Nehemiah 5:16a
The best type of persuasion is not a

but a

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.

If your mission is worth it, people will join, and they will become the new influencers. At this point, the movement has begun. —Pastor Jason
Healthy culture

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most bad behaviors.

5) CREATE A CULTURE OF INCLUSIVITY AND COLLABORATION.
Nehemiah 2; 3; 12:44-47
As people join your campaign, find ways to give them

of the movement.

No culture is properly inclusive if God is not included. —Pastor Jason

6) CREATE SMALL, ACHIEVABLE GOALS.

Short-term goals create opportunities for members of your movement to

for the cause and build

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.

People also learn better when given small achievable behaviors to practice and perfect. Short-term goals allow people to develop the vital behaviors that define their movement. When those behaviors are practiced repeatedly, culture is created. —Pastor Jason

7) STAY FOCUSED AND ADAPTABLE.
Nehemiah 6:1-4; 15-16
Say “

” or “

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” to everything not part of the mission.

8) CELEBRATE THE VICTORS.
Nehemiah 12
Success creates

.
Back-to-back successes multiply hope, and hope is vital to a

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movement.

9) PRACTICE SELF-CARE.
Nehemiah 8
Leading a movement is just about leading change but leading through

change.

Self-care includes both sufficient

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and effective

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of responsibilities as the movement grows.

10) KEEP SAYING YES TO JESUS.
Any movement that is not

is not worth the time and energy.

Anything worth doing must be done by

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.

Romans 14:23b- …everything that is not from faith is sin.
Hebrews 11:6a - Now without faith it is impossible to please God…

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BIBLE STUDY QUESTIONS

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1) All of us are leaders and all of us are followers, depending on the context. In which contexts are you a leader, and which are you a follower?

2) Watch and discuss this Ted Talk called “How to start a movement” by Derek Sivers.

3) What blessed you the most from Sunday’s message?

4) Take time to read through the church’s website. What is the mission/purpose of the church? How would you describe the culture of the church as it relates to the mission/purpose?

5) Of the ten steps to Leading a Movement that Pastor Jason shared in message, which steps is our church good at and which could we do better? What can you do to help our movement?

6) Read Nehemiah 9:5-38 and try to ouline what Nehemiah prayed. Discover his train of thoughts. What was he saying to God? What was his argument or the point of his prayer?

7) What is your biggest takeway from this week’s study? What can you put into practice this week?

8) Pray for one another and for your church.

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