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After defining what leadership is and clarifying why strong servant leadership is vital to the church, this session focuses on eight qualities of what a missional leader looks like. Topics covered include being a passionate follower of Christ, serving out of your giftedness, having a heart for the lost, empowering others, building healthy relationships, and designing/developing healthy church systems. Seven vital church systems are described. -
Research shows 85% of newcomers stay in a new church if they connect with the message and messenger. This session explores foundational convictions every preacher should have—and how they flesh out is practical ways in the planning, preparation and communication of expositional messages that are both true to the Word, relevant to the listeners and transformational to lives. -
Conflict is inevitable in the church, but it offers the opportunity for people to grow spiritual as they respond biblically to it. This class gives a step-by-step procedure for resolving conflict and shows how to reduce its occurrence. -
One of the marks of a growing church is inspiring worship. This session shows how church leaders can design Christ-exalting yet guest-welcoming celebrative corporate worship. Recommendations for improving public worship are given so that God’s people truly encounter the living God. Timeless principles for God-honoring worship are explored. -
Only God can make a church grow. But we can create conditions favorable for growth through clarifying the essentials, giving away ministry to others, utilizing small groups, focusing outward on your community and teaching people how to tell their story. -
Stewardship is about life management rather than money. All we have (time, talents, treasure) come from God and belong to God. We are only temporary stewards of God’s resources. That mindset creates generous Christians. -
Organizing The Church
$9.00All living things have structure. The church’s structure is found in it’s four foundational documents (charter, covenant, constitution, creed). Other legal documents are identified that enable the church to do things decently and in order. -
All ministries are temporary. We are all expendable and will be replaced at some point. Saying “good-bye” in the right way paves the way for your successor and leaves a sweet memory in the heats and minds of your people. -
America has over 220 million lost and unchurched people. The best way to reach them is through church planting and intentional parenting of daughter churches is one of the best ways to do church planting effectively. God’s purpose is that every healthy congregation reproduce itself. After laying out the biblical foundation for corporate reproduction, this session gives 14 steps practical churches should take on the journey to birthing a daughter church. -
The making of disciples lies at the heart of the church’s mission, but it has been replaced by ineffective programming in many churches. Church need to simplify and restructure their ministries so each activity contributes to achieving the church’s mission of making disciples. -
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There are no ready-made leaders. Most young churches lack enough leaders to expand the ministry. Rather than praying for God to send us leaders, God wants us to develop them from the harvest for the harvest! This session gives seven steps for developing a leadership culture within a congregation, young or old. It then warns of four crucial areas to carefully monitor for improving your leadership pipeline.
