1. Breakout Churches
Thom S. Rainer

2. Jim Collins’ Good to Great

3. 1) Why Good Is Not Enough
“It is a sin to be good if God has called us to be great.”
Breakout church criterion:
At least 26 conversions a year since breakout
Less than 20:1 conversion rate per year since breakout
Had been declining for several years before breakout
Broke out of the slump and sustained growth for years
Slump, reversal, and breakout all took place under same pastor
13 breakout churches out of 52,333 (0.025%)

4. Innovation Acceleration
Culture of Excellence
Acts 6/7 Leadership
VIP Factor
ABC Moment
Who/What Simultrack

5. Acts 6/7 Leadership Acts 1: Called Leader Acts 2: Contributing Leader
Outwardly Focused Leader
Acts 4:
Passionate Leader
Acts 5:
Bold Leader
Acts 6/7:
Legacy Leader
Knows of God’s call to ministry and has responded to that call
Takes time to do the basics of the ministry well (preaching, teaching, and prayer)
Seeks to lead church to ministry beyond the walls of the church
Exudes a contagious enthusiasm for ministry which others gladly follow
Is willing to take risks where success is only possible with God’s power
Has a burden for a successful ministry beyond his own lifetime
98%
22%
14% 6% 3%
<1%

6. Eight Keys to Acts 6/7 Leadership
fierce biblical faithfulness
long tenure
confident humility
acceptance of responsibility
unconditional love of the people
persistence
outwardly-focused vision
desire for a lasting legacy

7. The ABC Moment Awareness
Leaders become aware that the church is not what it could be
Belief
Leaders believe that God can use them to turn things around
Crisis
Leaders persevere through the crisis that comes about with necessary change

8. The Who/What Simultrack
Which is better approach:
Identifying promising people and finding ways to get them involved
Identifying positions which need to be filled and finding people who can do them

9. The VIP Factor Vision Intersection Profile
Difference between mission and vision
Leadership Passion
Community
Needs
Passion/
Gifts of Congregation

10. A Culture of Excellence
How many things can one congregation do excellently?
Should a congregation do things it cannot do excellently?
If a congregation cannot do everything, how does it decided what to do?
“Not-to-do” lists
How much freedom should leaders be given in their work?

11. Innovation Accelerators
Are breakout churches innovative?

12. Big Mo or Blind Erosion? Number one factor in “Big Mo”?
How can each of these factors lead to “Blind Erosion”?
Appraisal based on institutional stability
Theological indifference
Ignorance
Resistant Leader (Burned/Lazy/Theologically Weak/Wimpy/Praise-Seeker)
Do churches plateau?