Monday, February 1, 2010

"The Church Turnaround"

Domino's Pizza has seen a drop in sales over the last 2 or 3 years and they are committed to taking an HONEST look at the quality of pizza they have been serving. They were very intentional about sitting their former customers down and asking them two simple questions: "Honestly, whats wrong?" and "What do we need to do better?" Domino's asked some very tough questions and got some very tough answers. Here are some quotes from this video that really impacted me: "There comes a time when you know you have to make changes", "Our staff was working day and night even weekends to get what had to be done, DONE" and "I cant wait to see what people think of our new pizza". When I saw this video it reminded me that we need to be asking ourselves the same questions about our churches and ministries. The President of Domino's said something I will never forget: "You can't run a company like this if you don't love pizza" if you in full time ministry, you need to a long hard look at this revised statement: "You can't run a church or a ministry if you don't love people"!!! I think every business or church at some point comes to the realization that, "People Are Leaving"!!! Its what you do with that realization that determines whether your church or company files "People Bankruptcy". I truly believe that Domino's Pizza is 100% committed to delivering a quality product to people. Ministry needs to have the same commitment level, sometimes in ministry we need to be reminded that were in "The People Business". Just something to think about...