Most leaders think of change in future terms—a positive opportunity for circumstances to get better. Followers—while they may believe a major change will ultimately be good for them—tend to focus on the negative aspect of change.
They are concerned about what they are losing in the process. When any major change impacts followers, they feel a sense of loss expressing itself as grief.
When we announced the relocation at my first church, a man confronted me saying, “I can’t believe you’re taking my church away from me. My children were all baptized and married here. And now, you’re taking my church away from me.”
Leaving our former worship center meant he was losing the weekly, physical reminder of happy times in his family’s history.
By the time he said this to me, all his children had left the church and were not publicly committed to their Christian faith.
For this grieving man, leaving the old facility meant losing any semblance of shared spiritual heritage with his family.
Followers may also feel other aspects of personal loss during major change. Read More
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