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Complacent organizations can coast along for years before anyone notices the enormity of the problem — and that coasting is one step away from irrelevancy.

Lisa Bodell

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By Ian Urriola on June 21, 2017

Previous ArticleLeaders do not need answers.
Leaders must have the right questions.

Security for children’s areas in the church is receiving increasing attention. Greg Atkinson visits many churches to help them see things as an outsider that the churches may be overlooking. Some of the questions he asks as he reviews children’s space include these related to safety.

How easy is it to get to the nursery, classrooms, or child bathrooms?
Is there a proper ratio of children’s workers to children?
Do the children get escorted out of the classroom and to the bathroom?
Is there a back exit or entrance where children can go outside? Is it secure?

Next Article Leaders do not need answers.
Leaders must have the right questions.

It is easy to let problems worsen from neglect while focusing on other and easier subjects. Hayim Herring and Terri Martinson Elton pose these questions to help churches discover if they have this dilemma.

Are you a part of a congregation that has regularly scheduled meetings with reappearing agenda items?
Do critical issues languish for months at a time because they are not given due focus?

Want more Right Questions? Read Right Questions for Church Leaders.

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