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Diocesan Strategy
No Quick Fix!
Long-term (5-10-15 years application)
Hard work!
Diocesan Strategy
Simple Focus!
Diocesan Mission Purpose
8 Quality Areas
Diocesan Strategy
Simple Focus!
8 Quality Areas
WorshippingGod
Making New Disciples
Transforming Communities
Diocesan Strategy
Simple Focus!
WorshippingGod
Making New Disciples
Transforming Communities
Ministry
Empowering
Gift-oriented
Passionate
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Functional
Leadership
Structures
Outreach
Small Groups
Worship
Spirituality
Relationships
Diocesan Strategy
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Christian Schwarz’s research
•1000 churches•1000 churches•32 countries•32 countries•5 continents•5 continents•4.2 million answers•4.2 million answers•Natural Church Development (NCD)•Natural Church Development (NCD)
Good quality:SoilWaterTemperatureSunlight
Tree has no choice!…. It cannot do anything else
but….
g r o wCreated healthy environment for
growth
BUT……SoilWaterTemperatureSunlight
Tree has no choice!…. It cannot do anything
else but….
D i e
Need ALL the qualities! Miss one out and you will not
sustain growth
REMOVE any ONE item…..
A barrel can only hold as much water as the
LOWEST stave.
So work out our WEAKEST
(Minimum) quality and improve it!
And at the same time ensure we use all the other qualities whilst improving the one weakest, so that
ALL qualities improve together.
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Leadership
Ministry
Spirituality
Worship
Small Groups
Outreach
Relationships
Structures
Empowering
Gift-oriented
Passionate
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Functional
8 Essential Qualities in Healthy Growing Churches
When all qualities
were consistently
above a certain level all churches in research
were growing.
Bottom line?......
You might not like some of the
qualities but if you don’t have them you won’t grow!
EMPOWERING LeadershipAtmosphere in whole church….. (not just the vicar/‘leader’!)?
Every leader intentionally
identifies, inspires, recruits, trains, supports and
releases others into leadership
responsibilities and rejoices that they do role better than you!
The ‘see-saw’ effect….
People start off ‘lower’ than you, and you raise
them up above you.
‘Our ceiling, their floor’.
EMPOWERING Leadership
How do people feel after they have been talking with you as a
leader? Do they leave feeling you are better
than them, or that they are/can be better than
you? Do they feel ‘lifted up’ or ‘put
down’?
The ‘see-saw’ effect….
Have the same people been doing the same jobs for
umpteen years? Are people exercising an unhealthy level of control over ‘their’ area, or
even the church itself?! These will be a barrier to growth.
I do,you watch
I do,you help
You do,I help
You do,I watch
Select team
Leader
TraInIng
L1 L2
L3L4
GIFT-ORIENTED MinistryMost churches.......?!
This is what we do……. will you please help us?
GIFT-ORIENTED MinistryWhat do you want to
achieve for God before you die…? And is the
local church helping you achieve it?
What would you like the vicar to say about you at
your funeral service? And are you doing it now?
People with passion achieve more than people with just ability…. so what are you passionate
about? What gifts can you apply to that passion? How can the church support you in that?
PASSIONATE Spirituality
Authenticity of faith? Is it real?!
Are all fruit of the Spirit in evidence in congregation?
Levels of self-sacrifice (inc giving)?
‘The Kingdom of Heaven is among you’…. so do people get a taste of heaven when they meet
members of the congregation individually and collectively?
Prayer life of church and individuals?
PASSIONATE Spirituality
Age and fruit of Spirit?
(Young) people are not put off by age…
but they are by attitude!
INSPIRING Worship
High point of your week
Connect with God there.
So inspiring you want to invite your friends who have no faith along to it to experience it.
You’ll have a regular stream of visitors coming to see what it’s like (if they come and don’t come back that’s another question!)
No ‘cringe’ factors for guests
Style irrelevant….it’s the quality (inspiring) that counts!
HOLISTIC Small Groups
Small within big
Do everything a church does, but smaller scale:
Worship (but different to ‘main’ church as smaller), Bible application, pastoral support, prayer, outreach, use of people’s gifts,
transforming community, g r o w, multiply, etc.
NEED-ORIENTED Outreach
2 aspects:
Meet people’s practical needs (ie serve the poor, transform communities)
Meet people’s faith exploration needs as they journey towards Christian faith.
LOVING Relationships
3 key aspects:
FUN!
WELCOMING!
FORGIVING!
LOVING Relationships
3 key aspects:
FUN!
Who would want to be part of something miserable?!
Ability to laugh at oneself is a sign of humility
Growing churches have a lot of laughter in them.
LOVING Relationships
3 key aspects:
If Jesus did all of that (!)…. the LEAST we can do is walk across the room to somebody we do not recognise and say, ‘Hi, it’s lovely to see you.’ Being shy is NOT an excuse!
Remember…. no second chance at a first impression! And open circles!
WELCOMING!
How welcoming in atmosphere for BOTH men AND women!
LOVING Relationships
3 key aspects:
Christian churches should be the most forgiving places on the planet! So why aren’t they?! No excuses NOT to forgive (people, Diocese, etc)
Especially important in serving the poor.
FORGIVING!
Let go of the nets!
FUNCTIONAL Structures
Exist to enable all of the 8 qualities to
flourish throughout the whole life of the
church!
Need to be flexible and adapt as growth
occurs.
Just reflect how much damage you/PCC can potentially do to a person/organisation and God’s Kingdom by operating
outside of these qualities!
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Leadership
Ministry
Spirituality
Worship
Small Groups
Outreach
Relationships
Structures
Empowering
Gift-oriented
Passionate
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Functional
8 Essential Qualities in Healthy Growing Churches
Which are your best 2 qualities?
Which is your
weakest?
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3
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5
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Leadership
Ministry
Spirituality
Worship
Small Groups
Outreach
Relationships
Structures
Empowering
Gift-oriented
Passionate
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Functional
8 Essential Qualities in Healthy Growing Churches
What 3 or 4 ideas do
people have to improve our weakest area over the next year, making sure that we
use our best 2 in doing it, and
ensuring we also use all the other qualities
too?
Simple Focus!
WorshippingGod
Making New Disciples
Transforming Communities
Ministry
Empowering
Gift-oriented
Passionate
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Functional
Leadership
Structures
Outreach
Small Groups
Worship
Spirituality
Relationships
Diocesan Strategy
Simple Focus!
WorshippingGod
Making New Disciples
Transforming Communities
Ministry
Empowering
Gift-oriented
Passionate
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Functional
Leadership
Structures
Outreach
Small Groups
Worship
Spirituality
Relationships
Diocesan Strategy
Focus on Mission Purpose
WorshippingGod
Making New Disciples
Transforming Communities
Ministry
Empowering
Gift-oriented
Passionate
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Functional
Leadership
Structures
Outreach
Small Groups
Worship
Spirituality
Relationships
No Quick Fix!
Focus on 8
QualitiesAppropriate and Relevant Equipping
Diocesan Strategy
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