Sometimes, you can lead a church and it feels stuck. Nothing seems to work. There is an ongoing cycle of frustration, with no clear way forward. How can a strategic plan for church growth help you?
When something doesn’t seem right in church life, it’s wise to take a moment and assess what’s going on.
The results help you plan your next steps. There may be changes that need to take place. But you can resume on the path towards your vision, with fresh momentum and renewed passion.
A strategic plan for church growth will help you:
- assess your church health today
- discover root issues that are impacting your journey
- unlock momentum to make change and move forward
My process uses powerful tools, prophetic insight and practical discernment to assess key factors in your church.
A strategic plan for church growth will help you learn how well your mission, vision, culture, structure and strategy work together
Organisationally, some key questions that your church needs to be able to answer include:
MISSION: what is God calling you to do?
VISION: how well are your vision and action aligned?
CULTURE: is yours helping or hindering your work?
STRUCTURE: does yours serve or stifle your ministry?
STRATEGY: is yours creating the right kind of momentum?
A strategic plan for church growth will give you a five-fold ministry health check to show you your spiritual health
Spiritually, as a church you need clarity on:
APOSTOLIC: how well are you impacting your world?
PROPHETIC: how could you lead people to experience God?
EVANGELISTIC: how well are you showing Jesus to the world?
PASTORAL: what would help you shepherd the people of God?
TEACHING: how effectively are you training people in the truth?
A strategic plan for church growth will help you discover how your leadership culture and structure are shaping your church – for good or for bad
From a leadership perspective, it is essential to have healthy:
DISCIPLESHIP: how easy is it for people to grow?
CLARITY: how clear are people on the church’s assignment?
ENGAGEMENT: how passionate are people about church life?
ADMINISTRATION: how well do you manage your resources?
LEADERSHIP: what is working against your influence?
A strategic plan for church growth will help you see what is really happening underneath the surface.
Your church needs to have a good understanding of key metrics and data such as:
KEY MINISTRIES: how well are they really performing?
DEMOGRAPHICS: who amongst you are most or least impacted?
METRICS: insight in growth, reach, integration, finance & facilities
STAFF: are the right people in the right roles?
MINISTRY LEADERS: how could you get the best from them?
How would a strategic plan for church growth work?
I provide full and thorough services that use a number of diagnostic tools to discover the reality of your situation and identify the way forward:
- Senior Leader Survey
- Church Member Survey
- Staff & Structure Survey
- Ministry Leaders Survey
- Key Metric Analysis
- Core Personnel Interviews
This Church Health Assessment will give you a comprehensive and custom report on your church, full of powerful insights and discoveries that will empower you to make the right changes, right now.
These findings can be used to develop a strategic plan unique to your church. You’ll receive a focused report presenting the plan in a clear and understandable style, that will help you generate and sustain momentum. This plan is:
- A CUSTOM PLAN: covering fifteen key areas of church health
- STEWARDING THE PROPHETIC: shaped by what God has said
- DRIVEN BY VISION: utterly focused on advancing your vision
- SPIRITUALLY TRANSFORMATIVE: develops the culture you need
- STRATEGICALLY PRIORITISED: a clear roadmap of your next steps
What are the results of a strategic plan for church growth?
You’ll have a strategy in your hands that is informed by thorough analysis and assessment, shaped by wisdom and insight, and documented in a clear plan. All in all, after working with me you’ll have:
A PLAN THAT ADVANCES YOUR VISION
A PLAN THAT TRANSFORMS YOUR CULTURE
A PLAN THAT TO INCREASE YOUR ENGAGEMENT
A PLAN TO CULTIVATE THE FIVEFOLD
A PLAN TO SHAPE YOUR STRUCTURE
A PLAN TO MAXIMISE YOUR LEADERSHIP
What Next?
- Learn how healthy your church currently is using my FREE Church Health Check
- Discover the Keys to Church Health by going here.
- Find how I could help a church like yours by going here.
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