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It Takes Time… New Construction Is Different Than Renovation… The Challenge: Where to Start!
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Vision And Mission Can Become Normative Lifestyle Choices Of Our Members. Sharing Christ Does Not Have To Be Frightening Jesus Is Best Introduced By Our Changed Lives Of Service
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Key Systems Must Be Healthy To Start People Often Visit A Church For The First Time From Deep Spiritual Need.
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Excitement Breeds Excitement New Life Spawns New Life. Allow Others To Illustrate And Celebrate The Vision And Mission
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Website Should Readily Show What Is Important To A Congregation
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Advertisement Gives Unbelievers A Reason To Pay Attention To Your Church By Addressing A Felt Need. Advertisement Will Be Secondary To The Other Forms Of Presence A Congregation Has In The Community. Big Accomplishments Come From Big Events.
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Visitors Meeting Visitors [And New Members] Visitors Who Form Relationships Will Join The Church
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Set Expectations For Church Life Among Visitor Prospects It Is Less Likely That Members Will Change Their Church Lifestyle Than It Is For Visitors To Adopt A New Lifestyle.
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Make Evangelism a Congregational Value. Meet present member’s spiritual needs. Increase contact with your community. Be intentional about visitors. Integrate vision and mission into membership process. Design ways to share the excitement and spiritual growth of new comers.
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Parents Have Felt Spiritual Needs Related To Their Children And Their Parenting Role.
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Youth Have Great Unmet Spiritual Needs In Our Culture.
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People Who Decide To Come To Church Do So Out Of A Specific Sense Of Need Or Crisis.
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Spiritual Formation Best Happens In Whole-Life Relationships Within The Faith Community.
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Involving People In Small Groups Requires Intentional Planning And Teamwork.
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Forming Small Groups Must Be Voluntary
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Sporting Events Offer Great Opportunities For Ministry.
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Meet the basic expectations for “church”. Cultivate excellence in the basic functions of the church. Change “Pastoral Care” into “Congregational Care”
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Effective Leadership Happens With The Marriage Of Responsibility, Authority And Accountability. Effective Leadership Happens When Gifts Match Area of Responsibility.
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Effective Leadership Structures Look Different in Every Church. Effective Leadership Structures Accomplish Mission. Effective Leadership Structures Provide Important Feedback to the Pastor. Appropriate Names For Leadership Functions Help Clarify And Elevate Those Functions.
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God Gifts Members For All Levels Of Ministry. Stewardship Of Money Provides A Way To Affirm Missional Ministry.
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Leaders Run On Inspiration More Than Anything Else. Stories Set Expectations.
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Think Of Your Church Primarily In Terms Of Leadership Groups. Begin Your Leadership Structures Small And Lean, And Let Them Evolve. Ensure That The “Foundation Of Trust” Gets Assembled. Evaluate Through Stories. Model The Lifestyle That Fulfills The Values And Mission Of The Church.
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The Sunday Sermon Is The Single Most Significant Event In The Life Of The Church. Composing The Sermon Is A Daily Activity.
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Effective Sermons address the natural seasons of life.
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Wholistic Worship Experiences Inspire And Challenge. Wholistic Worship Experiences Require Creativity. Worship Begets Worship.
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Effective Teaching Results In Greater Commitment To Discipleship. Greater Commitment To Discipleship Always Results In Action.
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Good Sermons Fuel The Imagination And Motivation Of The Congregation For Mission.
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Good Pastors Constantly Improve Their Preaching.
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Make forms, texts, stories etc RELEVENT to life experiences. Multiply skilled worship leadership. Involve creative, worshipping people in worship planning. Use liturgies carefully and sparingly. Create new rituals that are relevant, then change them. Cluster the worship experience around one extended reading. Preach for action, personal and public.
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