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Building a Thriving Church - Strategies for Growth and Engagement

Explore effective approaches to develop a thriving church, focusing on core values, ministry strategies, staff expansion, and community engagement. Learn to prioritize small groups, healthy homes, and mobilizing laypeople.

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Building a Thriving Church - Strategies for Growth and Engagement

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  1. DEVELOPING A THRIVING CHURCH

  2. Introduction Thriving Systems Vs. Declining Systems

  3. 87% Christianity In America

  4. Based on actual head counts from local churches, the best estimate is that 15.3% to 20.2% of the US population attends a local church on any given weekend. Christianity In America

  5. Regional differences can be great. A study of Protestant and Catholic churches in California revealed that on any given Sunday 11.7% are in attendance (5.9% in Protestant churches and 5.8% in Catholic Churches.)

  6. 10. PASSION and VISION “People love to see people of passion. Set yourself on fire and people will come to watch you burn.”

  7. Barbarians to Bureaucrats Administrators Bureaucrats Leaders Barbarians Aristocrats

  8. 9. CORE VALUES & COMMIT TO EXPANSION

  9. Core Values Expansion BUILT TO LAST

  10. UNHEALTHY CORE VALUE SYSTEMS • TRADITION • PERSONALITY • FINANCES • PROGRAMS • BUILDINGS • SEEKERS

  11. 8. A BALANCED MINISTRY STRATEGY

  12. CASUAL Ready To VISIT CURIOUS Ready To GROW COMMITTED Ready To SERVE OUTREACH MINISTRIES SPIRITUAL GROWTH MINISTRIES EQUIPPING MINISTRIES

  13. CASUAL Ready To VISIT CURIOUS Ready To GROW COMMITTED Ready To SERVE OUTREACH MINISTRIES SPIRITUAL GROWTH MINISTRIES EQUIPPING MINISTRIES

  14. 7. INTENTIONALLY CREATE WAVES OF PEOPLE

  15. Seasonal • Humor • Tools • Messages • Launch Strategy

  16. 6. PRIORITIZE MINISTRY TO KIDS & TEENAGERS

  17. 5. GROW AN EXPANDING STAFF

  18. DRAFT TALENT • PART TIME: People who are ready! • Older: The future is Retired People • Halftime: From Success to Significance

  19. 4. MOBILIZE THE LAITY

  20. Knowing What The Steps Are: • Bayside • Willow Creek • Saddleback • What are the steps? • How are they communicated?

  21. Removing The Handcuffs • Spiritual Gifts • Call For High Levels of Commitment • Become A Learning Organization

  22. 3. BUILDING HEALTHY HOMES

  23. 2. CLIMATE CONTROL

  24. 1. PRIORITIZE BUILDING SMALL GROUPS

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