Blow it up. Then start again.

Mark Batterson, lead pastor at National Community Church in Washington DC recently wrote, “Had a meeting last night with some NCC leaders. Our Discipleship pastor, Heather Zempel, is leading something called Operation Ka-Boom.

We love our free market small group system. But we’ve outgrown some of our structures as our groups have multiplied. So we’re basically blowing up our structure and starting over from scratch. I think it’s important to put everything on the table every once in a while. Make sure you don’t have any sacred cows. Make sure your form follows function. So we’re trying to rethink and reinvent everything from training to caring to recruiting leaders.”

So we’re basically blowing up our structure and starting over from scratch is the most volatile line.

How many of you have done that? How many of you wish you could do that? What does this mean for the big picture of groups and church?

Tell your stories, your hopes and dreams as an encouragement to others.