Hi Reader,
How easy is it for you to be creative? Most leaders will tell you they’re not creative, but Al Gordon says that’s the lie keeping you stuck.
Al is the founder of Renaissance and lead pastor of SAINT Church in East London, a city where less than 1% of people attended church when he planted it a decade ago. Al makes the case that creativity isn’t a nice-to-have for the church. It’s the missing superpower.
He shared something I hadn’t heard before: neuroscience research showing that prayer and creativity light up the exact same neural networks in the brain.
And he made a point I keep coming back to: the best way to build a creative church isn’t to harness your creatives for Sunday morning. It’s to release them on Monday.
If you're ready to start releasing creativity in your ministry, this conversation is for you.
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