Change is a leadership issue. He added that people need to expand their view of the leadership role in today's church. We sometimes tend to limit leadership to one particular area of the church. Verlyn Bergen, leadership development coordinator for the MBC, said too many people are relying on their pastors to bear the brunt of the leadership role. Most pastors lack the training needed to be good leaders, Bergen said.
Many seminaries fail in supplying their students with effective leadership curriculum.
A lack of training in leading a church through change almost always will lead to conflict within the congregation, Bergen said. Bergen said another solution is finding strong, healthy churches willing to mentor weaker ones. If we can find a healthy church with healthy leaders to help another church, that is the best way and the biblical way to help another church. Hill said there are thousands of Christians who already have the foundation needed to be capable leaders. They just need the encouragement and training.