再創高峰的教會

2. 再創高峰的教會

3. The Progress to a Breakout Church 大時刻 BIG MO 成長 Breakout Point Growth 呆滯 或 退後 Decline or Plateau Acts 6/7 Leadership ABC Moment Who/What Simultrack VIP Factor Culture of Excellence Innovation Acceleration 徒6/7 領導力 ABC 時刻 人材/體制 雙軌並進 VIP 因素 優質文化 創新向前

7. The A-B-Cs of the ABC Movement

8. A B C 時刻的A-B-C

9. The Who/What Simultrack BIG MO Breakout Point Growth Decline or Plateau Acts 6/7 Leadership ABC Moment Who/What Simultrack VIP Factor Culture of Excellence Innovation Acceleration

10. Right People: 適合人材 “The Who” “何人？” Right Structures: 正確體制 “The What” “何事何方？” The Who/What Simultrack 人材/體制雙軌並進

11. The Pattern of People Management人材的管理模式 Team Philosophy 團體理念 Right People 適合人材 Let Go 放手前進 Equip 裝備訓練 Empower 授權加力

12. The Vision Intersection Profile異象交互表 Leadership Passion 領導熱誠 Vision 異象 Passion/Gifts of Congregation 會眾恩賜 Community Needs 社區需要

13. The Freedom/Expectation Paradox自由/要求吊詭性

14. The Traditionalist/Resistor Model傳統/反對派 Resistant 反對質疑 Innovation 啟創新意 Desired Stability 穩定呆滯

15. The Innovator/Embracer Model創新/擁抱派 甘願接納 Embracing Innovation 啟創新意 Desired Growth 邁步成長

16. Breakout Churches: Innovation Acceleration 高峰再闖：創意無限 Innovation Consideration Innovation Adoption Accelerated Growth Realized Growth 肯定成長 考慮新意 成長上升 創意確認

17. Blind Erosion and Resistant Leadership反對派領導 Ignorant 無知 Burned耗盡 Resistant Leader Theologically Weak 神學膚淺 Lazy 惰性 Conflict Avoider 避免衝突 Accolade Seeker 渴望掌聲

18. Some Steps toward Breaking Out

19. 高峰再創的步驟

22. Hemorrhaging Faith An Exploration of faith journey of Canadian Youth Courtesy of: EFC, JPA & R. Harder Enoch Wong June 22, 2014 Zion Alliance Church

23. Project Details & Top Line Findings (What?)

24. Top line findings 1 in 3 Canadian young adults who attended church weekly or more as a child still do so today. 1 in 2 Continue to identify with the Christian tradition they were raised in

25. Top line findings 3 out of 5 Will drop their affiliation with any tradition when stop attending church.

26. Are they coming back?

27. Three questions • When did the leakage happen? • What type of religiosity have they evolved into? • What are the drivers and barriers for the leakage?

28. 1. Pre-screen Survey

29. Deflection Rate We are here

30. Deflection & Life Transition Deflection occurs the most at life transition points for youth where patterns & routines are changed; they are mostly unprepared, & without safety nets to fall back on.

31. 2. Targeted Survey

32. Engagers Engagers (23%) – “Church is good.” Engagers are primarily those who still affiliate with a Christian tradition, and express a participatory posture inside the church and an openness to the supernatural referent (p. 28)

33. Fence Sitters Fence Sitters (36%) – “Could I have church on other terms?” Fence Sitters still have a Christian religious affiliation; however, more than 25% no longer indicate and identification with an organized religion (p. 28)

34. Wanderers Wanderers (26%) – “Church is not for me.” Wanders have unhitched their spiritual identities from the traditions in which they are raised. They label themselves Atheist, Agnostic and None. They tend to drift away from church (p. 2o)

35. Rejecters Rejecters (15%) – “Church is bad.” Rejecters feel driven out of their churches and perhaps struggle for a season within churches before withdrawing. 5 out of 10 Rejecters describe themselves as Atheists. (p. 29)

36. Four Spiritual Types

37. Four Spiritual Types

38. Semi-structured interviews • (So what?)

39. 3. From the interviews • Attempt to identify faith drivers and barriers

40. Three common excuses: • “I’m too busy to attend”; • “I can do faith alone”; • “Going to church is pointless and not worth the effort”.

41. Four Drivers/Barriers: • Parents: Engaged vs. Disengaged; • God: Experienced vs. Unexperienced; • Community: Vibrant vs. Stagnant; • Teachings and beliefs: Empowering vs. Restrictive.

42. A. Parents • #1 Barrier: “Hypocrisy”; • #1 Driver: Model a love for God, church, prayer and scripture. • Transmission of faith through dialogical instruction (“Not I tell, you listen” but through listening and conversation): speak about and practice faith openly

43. A. Parents • Allow doubt and encourage exploration and develop a faith of their own; • In summary, it’s about authenticity as opposed to going through the motion

44. Parental Spiritual Discipline Groups • A measure of practices of (1) Bible reading; (2) prayer outside of table grace; and (3) regular worship attendance: • High: Both parents consistently practices all three (12%); • Moderate: One or more parents inconsistently practices the disciplines (56%); • Low: Parents never practiced the disciplines (32%)

45. Parental Spiritual Discipline Groups

46. Parental Spiritual Discipline Groups Young adult practice of personal spiritual disciplines according to High PSDG

47. B. Experience of God • Does God answer my prayer? (it goes to the heart of what prayer really means?); • Is God there when I encounter hardship & difficulty? • Experiencing God’s power through STM and summer camps.

48. B. Experience of God “My faith came alive while on (or at) … (for those who had these experiences)

49. B. Experience of God

50. C. Community • Nurturing and dynamic: • Growth in Christ; • Helping in the midst of hardship; • Leading people through emotional healing; • Equipping people to the function in their talents; • Making a difference in the community.