1. The following slides are © copyright by Kennon L. Callahan in 2005. All rights are reserved. These slides may be used by the Church Benefits Association and its members because of the specific permission of Kennon L. Callahan.

2. Mission Mission

3. missionvisitationworshipgroupingsleadershipparticipation program program access access visibility visibility parking parking facilities facilities giving giving 9 of 12

4. we build on our strengths we build on our strengths we do better what we do best we do better what we do best we are now in the strongest we are now in the strongest position to add position to add a new strength

5. small mega

6. small strongweakdying middle large mega

7. 9:00 worship 250 thurs 6:30 200 10:30 worship 250 sat 4:00 200 900

8. Mission Mission Motivations Motivations

9. CompassionCommunityHopeChallenge

10. CompassionCommunityHopeChallengeReasonabilityCommitment

11. motivationalmatch many people do the work many people give money

12. Compassion Community Hope Challenge Reasonability Commitment Key Leaders Grass Roots Pastor Staff Un church

13. motivational gap a few people do most of the work a few people give most of the money

14. Compassion Community Hope Challenge Reasonability Commitment Key Leaders Grass Roots Pastor Staff Un church

15. Dr. Callahan, help us find a pastor who will come and love us whom we can come to love who will give us hope

16. good shepherd 7 9 5

17. the more shepherding the less bickering the less shepherding the more bickering

18. the more shepherding the more giving the less shepherding the less giving

19. lovinglisteninglearningleading

20. giving

21. 100 H 100 H 100,000 PAB KL 20,000 Commitment Challenge Reasonability LGH SR EFA 80,000

22. 100 H 100,000 Compassion Community Hope 100,000

23. We are grateful for the Compassion and Generosity of God’s Gifts in our lives. We are thankful for the Hope with which God blesses us. We generously pledge ____ to advance God’s Mission in 2006

24. CompassionCommunityHopeChallengeReasonabilityCommitment

25. Compassion Community Hope Challenge Reasonability Commitment Key Leaders Grass Roots Pastor Staff Un church

26. Mission Mission Motivations Motivations Sprinters Sprinters

27. packing for vacation quiltinghomework preaching preparation children at school ADD children’s choirs 1P 1S grandchildren

28. solid marathon runner routineregular weekly, monthly

29. excellent sprinters short term highly intensive near time at hand

30. nomad agrarian industrial technological marathon sprinter Major Shifts

31. nomadagrarianindustrial technological marathon sprinter Major Shifts

32. one time seasonal seasonal short term 3 - 5 short term 3 - 5 long term6 + weekly, monthly yr rd

33. Dying Congregations long term 6+ wk mo yr rd short term 3-5 seas onal one time 8 6

34. Weak, Declining Congregations long term 6+ wk mo yr rd short term 3-5 seas onal one time 8 6 4 2 1

35. 2 1 4 6 8 Excellent Sprinters Solid Marathon Runners one time seas onal short term 3-5 long term 6+ wk mo yr rd

36. Mission Mission Motivations Motivations Sprinters Sprinters Generous Givers Generous Givers

37. Spontaneous Special Planned Major Project Enduring Gifts Major Community Sundays

38. Spontaneous 100,000 closed Annual Special Planned Major Project Enduring Gifts Before Major Sunday

39. After After Spontaneous 30,000 Major Sundays 8,000 Special Planned 7,000 Major Project 110,000 Annual 100,000 Enduring 40,000 Total Giving 295,000

40. 06 07 08 Spontaneous Major Sunday Special Plan Major Project AnnualEnduring

41. if you want to build a ship don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the sea. Antoine deSaint-Eexupery

42. if you want to build a generous life.... congregation.... congregation don’t drum up people together to hold meetings, develop plans and assign them tasks and work, first teach them to long for the grace of God. Kennon L. Callahan Kennon L. Callahan

43. Mission Mission Motivations Motivations Sprinters Sprinters Generous Givers Generous Givers