In healthy churches an intentional process beats a generic program
I’ve noticed an interesting trend in healthy, growing churches regardless of size over the last several years.
The churches experiencing the healthiest growth are transitioning from generic programming to a clearly stated process. Tony Morgan calls this “discipleship as a path”.
These pastoral leaders spend time thinking about how to help people take their next best step in following Christ. They focus energy on ways to clarify and simplify a variety of next steps.
According to Rob Peters, “Approximately 360,000 of the 400,000 churches in the United States have plateaued or are declining, and more than 70 close their doors each week.”
The churches with the brightest futures look at their current reality through the lens of Biblical optimism. They look at their mission field with new eyes and discover new ways of loving those far from God.
How are we to we respond to the current reality of our current ministry circumstances?
How will we connect with the people God has called us to reach?
How will we invite those far from God into biblical community?
How will we meet the physical and spiritual needs of our community?
How will we lead people into a life-changing relationship with Jesus?
How will we help people become disciple-making disciples of Jesus?
How will we develop leaders to multiply groups, ministries, and churches?
How do we practice living on mission every day from where we are?
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