path to leadership basic ministry skills crisis management
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Path to LeadershipBasic Ministry Skills
Crisis Management
Crisis ManagementCould Involve…
• Extensive building damage due to fire or storm
• An unexpected financial crisis• A serious crime committed on
church property• The sudden death of a ministerial
staff member• A scandal involving a ministerial
staff member
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Basics of Crisis Management
1. Timing: Get Started Processing the Problem Quickly – it’s a crisis
• Move quickly to get help dealing with the media (the first hours after the crisis first breaks are extremely important, because the media often build upon the information in the first hours)
• On the other hand, Buy some time: Don’t act or speak too hastily
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Basics of Crisis Management
2. Form a Deacon Crisis Management Team
3. Answer: Do we need to contact our attorney?
4. Seek Divine guidance5. Assess the situation
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Basics of Crisis Management
5. Communicate with key leadership6. Prepare to deal with the media– Have one competent spokes-
person– Get help from an attorney or
from the LeaderCare office at State Convention
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Basics of Crisis Management
9. Communicate with the congregation… you may not need to tell every detail, but you can’t keep secrets from the church
10. Follow-through for healing of members/victims where needed– If we have injured a party, it’s our job
to make them whole– This may be a long-term process– Long interims may be needed
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Framing the Situation
• What are the exact facts?• What don’t we know yet? • Who are the players?• What emotions do we need to cope
with? Anger, grief, victimization?• List advantages and disadvantages
we have• Consider: How would we address
each aspect of the situation?
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Framing the Situation
• What Biblical standards do we need to uphold?
• What do our bylaws say about it?• What are our legal options?• How do we need to be redemptive?• What resources do we need to
allocate?• How do we need to be Christian
about this?
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