1. Creating the Environment for Growth The 8 Essential Qualities of Natural Church Development

2. 8 Essential Quality Characteristics Leadership Ministry Spirituality Structures Worship Small Groups Outreach Relationships  Empowering  Gift-based  Passionate  Effective  Inspiring  Holistic  Need-oriented  Loving

3. Empowering Leadership

5. Leaders train others for the ministry, rather than just doing it themselves Not just the clergy, all leaders enable others. Mentoring, equipping, coaching On-the-job training Apprentice leaders developed

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7. Gift-based Ministry

9. Members are helped to identify their gifts Gifts, passion and personality matched to ministries Joy and fulfilment in serving

10. Passionate Spirituality

11. Hunger for God Strong in Prayer Personal spiritual disciplines Holiness, obedience

12. Passionate Spirituality Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you: pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself, and so bring us at last to your heavenly city where we shall see you face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord. CW Collect – 17 th Sunday after Trinity

13. Effective Structures

14. But I love our traditions!

15. Effective Structures All ministries have goals Flexibility Willing to change able to adapt Serve the ministries

16. Inspiring Worship

17. Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

18. Holistic Small Groups

19.  Worship  Bible Study  Fellowship  Prayer  Service  Outreach

20. Holistic Small Groups  A group that is small!  Ministering to each other’s felt needs: spiritual, emotional, physical, social  Using spiritual gifts  Bible application  Multiply

21. Need-oriented Outreach

23. Aware of the felt needs of the community Ministries meet felt needs Members able to effectively share their faith Services accessible to visitors New believers assimilated

24. Loving Relationships

25. Atmosphere of joy and trust Forgiving and Fun Affirmation and encouragement Prayer for one another

26. 8 Essential Qualities  Empowering Leadership  Gift-based Ministry  Passionate Spirituality  Effective Structures  Inspiring Worship  Holistic Small Groups  Need-oriented Outreach  Loving Relationships