Shareholders or Stakeholders?
When a church takes its stakeholders seriously – and not just its shareholders – the circle of ministry grows and becomes stronger. Real change involves both the way we think and the way we act. We have to think ourselves into a new way of acting, and act ourselves into a new way of thinking. Attitude and behavior go together. One attitude adjustment churches can make that will change their behavior is to begin to think about stakeholders, not shareholders. Shareholders own a