© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 0 Module 3: Episcopal Diocese of Chicago Summary--12 Pilot Churches June 4, 2012

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 1 “Please be patient, God is not finished with me yet.”

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 2 Purpose: Pilot Churches Update What is the Episcopal Spiritual Life Renewal? What were the pilot church results? What are the emerging implications?

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 3 Custom Survey blanks

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 4 Episcopal Survey: Additional Topics Eucharist Prayers of the People Interfaith Conversation Social Justice Symbols/Cross Liturgy Christian Seasons Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost Sharing the Peace Prayers of Confession Music

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 5 Workshop Overview

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 6 Facilitator’s Guide

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 7 Reference Materials

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 8 Episcopal Pilot Churches St. Lawrence St. Andrew St. Giles St. Matthew’s All Saints St. Mark’s St. Gregory’s St. Charles St. John’s St. Edward and Christ St. Augustine’s Calvary

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 9 The Results As presented to the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey Lee

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 10 Episcopal Pilot Churches Aggregate Score Personal Spiritual Practices Church’s Role Faith in Action What Your Score Means Ranking compared to 1,600 churches 86+ = Top 5% = Top 10% = Top 25% = Upper 50% <70 = Lower 50% This involves how often people study the Bible, reflect on Scripture, pray, experience solitude and journal. This reflects how well the church provides spiritual challenge, in-depth Bible teaching, a sense of belonging, etc. This reflects people’s faith- based behaviors, such as serving those in need and evangelism. This one-number index score shows you how well you’re doing at helping your people grow spiritually, compared with all other churches in the database. 51 (45-57)

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 11 SVI Range Personal Spiritual Practices Church’s Role Faith in Action Surprisingly narrow range

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 12 Spiritual Growth Continuum Episcopal Churches Composite “I believe in Jesus and am working on what it means to get to know him.” “I feel really close to Christ and depend on him daily for guidance.” “My relationship with Jesus is the most important relationship in my life It guides everything I do.” Growing Close Centered Exploring “I believe in God, but I am not sure about Christ. My faith is not a significant part of my life.” 23% 52% 19% 6% Relatively low development of spiritual maturity

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 13 Macro Theme Episcopal Pilot Churches A distinct religious culture without a strong spiritual foundation

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 14 Key Findings Are positive aspects are ‘me-centric’ o welcoming, educating children, take care of my personal needs, prayer for others/thanks

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 15 Key Findings Expectations and beliefs are relatively low o especially on spiritual growth dimensions

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 16 Key Findings Personal spiritual practices are quite low o consistent with expectations

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 17 Key Findings Serving those in need is evident o Strong and consistent

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 18 Key Findings Are sub-groups of spiritually mature o In all churches

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 19 Overall Conclusion Profiles suggest ‘lifestyle’ churches o For ‘my’ convenience, benefit

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 20 Emerging Implications Suggests a definitive, pervasive Episcopal culture o Not a healthy, nor likely, sustainable one Serving is a huge leverage point! o Need to ground/connect to beliefs, scripture, practices Change will not be quick nor easy o Need a multi-year path

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 21 Key Issues Content with this culture, spiritual maturity? Re-think the role of pilot churches? Suggest a new strategy or programs?

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 22 Episcopal Pilot Church Workshops & Discussions Update

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 23 Best Practice Principles 2. Get People Moving 3. Embed the Bible 4. Create Ownership 5. Pastor the Community Heart of the Leadership Team 1.

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 24 Episcopal Pilot Churches Priorities: #2 & #3 2. Get People Moving 3. Embed the Bible 4. Create Ownership 5. Pastor the Community Heart of the Leadership Team 1.

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 25 Episcopal Churches Action Steps Suggested Next Action Steps 1. Heart of the Leadership Team A. B. C. 2. Get People Moving A. B. C. 3. Embed the Bible A. B. C. 4. Create Ownership A. B. C. 5. Pastor the Community A. B. C.

© 2012 Episcopal Diocese of Chicago. All Rights Reserved. 26 Discussion