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Breaking 800 in Your Church PlantBreaking 800 in Your Church Plant
By
Dr. Tom Cheyney
By
Dr. Tom Cheyney
Keeping The Staff Members Who Keep You Moving
Forward
Keeping The Staff Members Who Keep You Moving
Forward
Four Keys to Hang On to Your Most Valuable Talent
Four Keys to Hang On to Your Most Valuable Talent
Ninety-Nine point two percent of churches in the United States of America
have an attendance of eight hundred or less.
Ninety-Nine point two percent of churches in the United States of America
have an attendance of eight hundred or less.
Breaking Barriers
• Only 15% of all churches pass the growth barrier of 200. It is the rare church that finds itself facing the 800 mark.
• Only 15% of all churches pass the growth barrier of 200. It is the rare church that finds itself facing the 800 mark.
Fourteen “Limiters” to GrowthFourteen “Limiters” to Growth• A PROBLEM-SOLVING FOCUS DOES NOT
NECESSARILY GUIDE A CHURCH TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY!
• CHURCH LEADERSHIP THAT BELIEVES THEY ARE ALREADY TOO BUSY!
• SOME MEMBERS FOLLOW A LOCKSTEP VISION LIMIT.
• A VISION FOR GROWTH THAT IS DRIVEN BY DESIRE TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN FOR MINISTRY.
• A PROBLEM-SOLVING FOCUS DOES NOT NECESSARILY GUIDE A CHURCH TO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY!
• CHURCH LEADERSHIP THAT BELIEVES THEY ARE ALREADY TOO BUSY!
• SOME MEMBERS FOLLOW A LOCKSTEP VISION LIMIT.
• A VISION FOR GROWTH THAT IS DRIVEN BY DESIRE TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN FOR MINISTRY.
Fourteen “Limiters” to GrowthFourteen “Limiters” to Growth
• THE GENERIC STAND ALONE VISION
• THE COMFORT LEVEL LIMITER
• THE NO-VACANCY LIMITER
• A MIGHTY FORTRESS MENTALITY
• THE FAMILY STAFF LIMITER
• THE GOLDEN ERA RESTORATION PROJECT
• CLOSING THE BACK DOORS
• THE GENERIC STAND ALONE VISION
• THE COMFORT LEVEL LIMITER
• THE NO-VACANCY LIMITER
• A MIGHTY FORTRESS MENTALITY
• THE FAMILY STAFF LIMITER
• THE GOLDEN ERA RESTORATION PROJECT
• CLOSING THE BACK DOORS
Fourteen “Limiters” to GrowthFourteen “Limiters” to Growth
• THE “SPECIAL” EVENT
• A MESA-CULTURE MENTALITY
• THE OUTGROWN OR ANTIQUATED VISION
• THE “SPECIAL” EVENT
• A MESA-CULTURE MENTALITY
• THE OUTGROWN OR ANTIQUATED VISION
Six Questions to Ask As You Seek to Reach Out Into a
Community
Six Questions to Ask As You Seek to Reach Out Into a
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A Growth Checklist for the Large Church
A Growth Checklist for the Large Church
• Large Group Interaction Reinforces a Sense of Unity
• Large Churches Offer a Preconceived Degree of Quality
• Large Group Interaction Reinforces a Sense of Unity
• Large Churches Offer a Preconceived Degree of Quality
A Growth Checklist for the Large Church
A Growth Checklist for the Large Church
• Large Churches Have Buildings That Are Clearly Mapped Out for Guest
• Large Churches Must Be Staffed To Grow
• Large Churches Place High Priority to Music
• Large Churches Have Buildings That Are Clearly Mapped Out for Guest
• Large Churches Must Be Staffed To Grow
• Large Churches Place High Priority to Music
A Growth Checklist for the Large Church
A Growth Checklist for the Large Church
• Large Churches Have Long-Term Pastorates
• Large Churches Have Abundant Off-Street Parking
• Large Churches Use Media Evangelism Effectively
• Large Churches Carefully Monitor Members Participation
• Large Churches Have Long-Term Pastorates
• Large Churches Have Abundant Off-Street Parking
• Large Churches Use Media Evangelism Effectively
• Large Churches Carefully Monitor Members Participation
A Growth Checklist for the Large Church
A Growth Checklist for the Large Church
• Large Churches Carefully Monitor Members Participation
• Large Churches Are Concerned About the Overall Adequacy of the Physical Plant
• Large Churches Carefully Monitor Members Participation
• Large Churches Are Concerned About the Overall Adequacy of the Physical Plant
Eight Diseases That Keep A Church From Growing
Eight Diseases That Keep A Church From Growing
• Ethnikitis• Old Age• People Blindness• Hyper-Cooperativism• Koinonitis• Sociological Strangulation• Arrested Spiritual Development• Saint John’s Syndrome
• Ethnikitis• Old Age• People Blindness• Hyper-Cooperativism• Koinonitis• Sociological Strangulation• Arrested Spiritual Development• Saint John’s Syndrome
The First 1000 are the Hardest!The First 1000 are the Hardest!
• The Saga of the Churches GrowthIts Pastors and Worship
Adding Sunday School Volunteers
Expanding the Deacon Body
Hiring Additional Staff
Keeping Committees Functioning
Hiring Pastors and Program Leaders
• The Saga of the Churches GrowthIts Pastors and Worship
Adding Sunday School Volunteers
Expanding the Deacon Body
Hiring Additional Staff
Keeping Committees Functioning
Hiring Pastors and Program Leaders
Understanding Critical Sizes of a Congregations Growth History
Understanding Critical Sizes of a Congregations Growth History
• Looking at the “Meta-Zoo”
• Looking at the “Meta-Zoo”
Growth PracticesGrowth Practices
Growth by EXPANSION OrOr
AndAnd
Growth by
EXTENTION
Growth by
RELOCATION
Those That Leave Feeder Churches
Those That Leave Feeder Churches
• Singles• Addictions• Victims• Unchallenged• Recovery• Seeking Meaning
• Singles• Addictions• Victims• Unchallenged• Recovery• Seeking Meaning
• Divorcees• Single Parents• Newcomers• Alienated• Seeking Support• Crisis Coping
• Divorcees• Single Parents• Newcomers• Alienated• Seeking Support• Crisis Coping
Organizational & Leadership in the Local Church
Vocational Staff Chart
Organizational & Leadership in the Local Church
Vocational Staff Chart