1. SMALL MEMBERSHIP CHURCH LEADERSHIP Equip, Encourage & Support: for your church to be all it can be for Christ! With Deb Ketcham

2. Foundational Components
Pastor said you didn’t need to active to join!
Expectations of Membership
Prayers
Presence – worship & studies
Gifts
Service
Witness so that in all things God will be glorified
Priesthood of All Believers

3. Who Are You? Know yourself! Strength Finders poll DISC Myers-Briggs
Spiritually
Counseling
Health of Your Church

4. Teach Teach leadership responsibilities Teach Spiritual Gifts
Field Trips

5. Encourage and Equip Be Permission Giving
Engage each person to be fully employed for Christ
Listen, listen, and listen
5 Fruitful Practices
Caution – over-functioning laity
The Body of Christ works together!

6. Health Check Clean up something Clean out something Paint
Try a variety of tasks before you begin a new mission or ministry.

7. Asset-Based Ministry Your church’s successes over the years
Your building/property
Your folks gifts, skills, abilities
Associations, networks, connections
What are the needs of your community?
WHAT HAS GOD GIFTED US TO DO?
Holy Conversations

8. Cautions: Be careful of burnout
What works for one church will not necessarily work for the next
View the various resources as part of your tool belt.
There is no magic wand. There is no quick fix.
Pray, pray, pray!
There are no lone rangers.

9. Learn, Learn, Learn Review, Review, Review
Start This, Stop That: Do the Things That Grow Your Church by Jim & Jennifer Cowart
Unbinding the Heart: 40 Days of Prayer and Faith Sharing by Martha Grace Reese
The New Adapters: Shaping Ideas to Fit Your Congregation by Jacob Armstrong with Adam Hamilton & Mike Slaughter

10. Resources
NOW, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton
DISC – Understanding How Others Misunderstand You by Ken Voges & Ron Braund, Debbie Ketcham is a trainer.
Personality Type and Religious Leadership by Roy Oswald & Otto Kroeger – Alban Institute

11. Resources Downloadable Spiritual Gifts Assessment at:
Spiritual Direction –
Downloadable Spiritual Gifts Assessment at:

12. Resources Peter Stienke – books on previous slide
Guideline: For Leading Your Congregation through Cokesbury
NETWORK: the right people. in the right places, for the right reasons, at the right time by Bruce Bugbee & Don Cousins
Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations by Robert Schnase
Holy Conversations: Strategic Planning as a Spiritual Practice for Congregations by Gil Rendle & Alice Mann

13. Build on the Solid Rock of Christ!

14. Thank you for stepping out in faith
Thank you for stepping out in faith. Share the message of Christ with others, and be all you can be for Christ! Rev. Deb Ketcham