Monday Morning Metrics

Five Ways to Survive Monday Mornings.”) The metrics we use in churches are another big factor in a pastor’s Monday morning blues. If your only yardsticks are attendance and giving (as is the case in most churches), then the pastor starts each week with a new report card. If the numbers are down, the pastor will also be down, wondering what has caused the decline. And even if the numbers are up, pastors know deep down that the results may be due to any number of extraneous factors and that their good feelings may only last for a week. For the next several Monday’s (and maybe more), I’m going to focus on metrics. Specifically, I want to expand your thinking beyond attendance and contributions and help you think about more meaningful metrics that may also get you past the Monday blues.   I am convinced that the reason for much burnout, lack of commitment, and low performance in our churches among staff and members is directly related to the failure to declare the clear results we are after. We don’t know when we are winning. (Reggie McNeal, The Present Future) If you’re interested in more thoughts on metrics, Leadership Journal’s current issue includes my article “Measuring What Matters,” or you may want to read the chapter “Do you measure what matters?” in my new book, In Pursuit of Great AND Godly Leadership.]]>