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A craftsman and a thinking trainer for business and church leaders. Also on IG @swebbfyi and Swebbmail @ Swebb.fyi/SwebbMail
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Did we just become friends? Pt 3 (opens the original)
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Not everyone gets a front-row seat in your life. And that’s okay. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="732.3944636678201" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CpaR!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubst
Did we just become friends? Pt 2 (opens the original)
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Here’s an uncomfortable thought about your friendships. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="472.84762261325346" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2QRZ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.
Did we just become friends? Pt 1 (opens the original)
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Marcio is a good friend leading a church in the Orlando area. We’ve known each other a few years, even traveled to Brazil together. He’s an EXPERT friend-maker. THE expert in the field. :) If it were a field. :) And he just released a book on the topic. I asked him to write a few guest posts here. And I’ll post ridiculous pics of Marcio for each one.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SRVn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F
If You Can’t Trust Them With Giving Information, Why Are They Leading People? (opens the original)
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It’s spiritual information. And it’s pastoral information.And therefore, I think appropriate leaders should sometimes have access to it.The objection I hear next is predictable:“But people could misuse that information.”Yep. They could.And if that’s your primary concern, I think you’ve discovered a much bigger problem than who can see the giving records. You’ve discovered that you have leaders you don’t trust.But you don’t want to fix that. You need warm bodies. And you need to protec
Stop Gatekeeping the Giving Records (opens the original)
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I don’t think giving information should only be available to the Lead Pastor, Executive Pastor, and finance team.In fact, in a larger church, those might be some of the least useful people to have exclusive access to it.Why? Because they aren’t actually pastoring most of the people represented by those numbers.We’ve built churches where leadership is distributed throughout the organization.Then we’ve centralized the information leaders need to lead.That doesn’t make much sense to me.<div class="
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