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Welcome to Transformational Ministry!

Welcome to Transformational Ministry!. 1991 Churchwide Evangelism Strategy ELCA Decade of Evangelism. 1991 Churchwide Evangelism Strategy ELCA Decade of Evangelism Overwhelming Support. 1991 Churchwide Evangelism Strategy ELCA Decade of Evangelism Overwhelming Support

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Welcome to Transformational Ministry!

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  1. Welcome to Transformational Ministry!

  2. 1991 Churchwide Evangelism Strategy • ELCA Decade of Evangelism

  3. 1991 Churchwide Evangelism Strategy • ELCA Decade of Evangelism • Overwhelming Support

  4. 1991 Churchwide Evangelism Strategy • ELCA Decade of Evangelism • Overwhelming Support • Millions of dollars invested

  5. 1991 Churchwide Evangelism Strategy • ELCA Decade of Evangelism • Overwhelming Support • Millions of dollars invested • Nearly 300 resource programs, conferences, books and manuals

  6. 1991 Churchwide Evangelism Strategy • ELCA Decade of Evangelism • Overwhelming Support • Millions of dollars invested • Nearly 300 resource programs, conferences, books and manuals • Membership and attendance dropped by over 100,000

  7. Effects of Evangelism Programs

  8. Effects of Evangelism Programs • Congregations that used evangelism programs initially showed some growth

  9. Effects of Evangelism Programs • Congregations that used evangelism programs initially showed some growth • When programs ended, increases leveled off and decline generally happened

  10. Effects of Evangelism Programs • Congregations that used evangelism programs initially showed some growth • When programs ended, increases leveled off and decline generally happened • After 5 years, congregations using an evangelism program were smaller than when they started and smaller than those that did nothing!

  11. Effects of Evangelism Programs • Congregations that used evangelism programs initially showed some growth • When programs ended, increases leveled off and decline generally happened • After 5 years, congregations using an evangelism program were smaller than when they started and smaller than those that did nothing! • Programs do not grow the church!

  12. Effects of Evangelism Grants • In 1994 the ELCA awarded 160 outreach grants to existing ministries ($2.3 million)

  13. Effects of Evangelism Grants • In 1994 the ELCA awarded 160 outreach grants to existing ministries ($2.3 million) • After 5 years, 10% of them closed

  14. Effects of Evangelism Grants • In 1994 the ELCA awarded 160 outreach grants to existing ministries ($2.3 million) • After 5 years, 10% of them closed • After 5 years, worship attendance declined by 1950 worshippers per week

  15. Effects of Evangelism Grants • In 1994 the ELCA awarded 160 outreach grants to existing ministries ($2.3 million) • After 5 years, 10% of them closed • After 5 years, worship attendance declined by 1950 worshippers per week • Money does not grow the church!

  16. The Good News Among the Bad • In studying this, we learned a lot!

  17. The Good News Among the Bad • In studying this, we learned a lot! • Emphasizing programs and money is a mistake

  18. The Good News Among the Bad • In studying this, we learned a lot! • Emphasizing programs and money is a mistake • Not all congregations shrunk

  19. The Good News Among the Bad • In studying this, we learned a lot! • Emphasizing programs and money is a mistake • Not all congregations shrunk • Healthy, growing congregations did reveal some common traits

  20. What We Learned • Growing and shrinking congregations DO the same things (there are no “magic bullets” or best practices)

  21. What We Learned • Growing and shrinking congregations DO the same things (there are no “magic bullets” or best practices) • However, growing congregations have a clear sense that God is active and using them and shrinking congregations lack this same sense

  22. More Specifically Growing ELCA Congregations Have:

  23. More Specifically Growing ELCA Congregations Have: • Purpose: A contextual sense of what God wants them to do discerned through reading scripture, prayer and discussion

  24. More Specifically Growing ELCA Congregations Have: • Purpose: A contextual sense of what God wants them to do discerned through reading scripture, prayer and discussion • Willingness to Change: Congregations are willing to make the changes necessary to accomplish the purpose

  25. More Specifically Growing ELCA Congregations Have: • Purpose: A contextual sense of what God wants them to do discerned through reading scripture, prayer and discussion • Willingness to Change: Congregations are willing to make the changes necessary to accomplish the purpose • Leadership: Laity and clergy work together to accomplish the purpose

  26. The Transformational Ministry Process • Purpose: • Discerning God’s Will

  27. The Transformational Ministry Process • Purpose: • Discerning God’s Will • Spiritual Change Precedes Mechanical Change

  28. The Transformational Ministry Process • Purpose: • Discerning God’s Will • Spiritual Change Precedes Mechanical Change • Use Principles and Facilitate Process Rather than Techniques or Models

  29. The Transformational Ministry Process • Purpose: • Discerning God’s Will • Spiritual Change Precedes Mechanical Change • Use Principles and Facilitate Process Rather than Techniques or Models • Bathe the Process in Worship, Bible Study and Prayer

  30. The Transformational Ministry Process • Willingness to Change:

  31. The Transformational Ministry Process • Willingness to Change: • We Often Don’t Like Change

  32. The Transformational Ministry Process • Willingness to Change: • We Often Don’t Like Change • Holy Spirit Driven Change

  33. The Transformational Ministry Process • Willingness to Change: • We Often Don’t Like Change • Holy Spirit Driven Change • Pain Can Cause Us To Change

  34. The Transformational Ministry Process • Willingness to Change: • We Often Don’t Like Change • Holy Spirit Driven Change • Pain Can Cause Us To Change • The Declining Church is Painful

  35. ELCA 2008 Trend Report • From 2002 to 2008 • Number of Congregations -3% • Baptized Membership -8% • Worship Attendance -13% • Child Baptisms -16% • Adult Baptisms -21%

  36. ELCA 2008 Trend Report • From 2002 to 2008 • Number of Congregations -3% • Baptized Membership -8% • Worship Attendance -13% • Child Baptisms -16% • Adult Baptisms -21% • Lost 500,000 members in last 15 years • Mainline Churches have dropped 25% since 1958

  37. The Transformational Ministry Process • Willingness to Change: • We Often Don’t Like Change • Holy Spirit Driven Change • Pain Can Cause Us To Change • The Declining Church is Painful • Need An Action Plan to Change • (Use some of the teaching resources I have used for other congregations)

  38. Dissatisfaction + Vision + • Concrete Action= • TRANSFORMATION

  39. The Transformational Ministry Process • Willingness to Change: • We Often Don’t Like Change • Holy Spirit Driven Change • Pain Can Cause Us To Change • The Declining Church is Painful • Need An Action Plan to Change • Asset Based Change • (Use some of the teaching resources I have used for other congregations)

  40. The Transformational Ministry Process • Leadership:

  41. The Transformational Ministry Process • Leadership: • The Team Approach

  42. The Transformational Ministry Process • Leadership: • The Team Approach • Equipping Leaders

  43. The Transformational Ministry Process • Leadership: • The Team Approach • Equipping Leaders • Modeling Christian Community

  44. The Transformational Ministry Process • Leadership: • The Team Approach • Equipping Leaders • Modeling Christian Community • Coaching

  45. The Purpose of the Church • Please take a few moments and jot on a piece of paper what comes to mind when you think of “the purpose of the church.”

  46. Called by God

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