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Arkansas Baptist State Convention

Arkansas Baptist State Convention. The Mission: Make Disciples. The Need: Revival that Refocuses Us on the Great Commission. The Response: Honest evaluation that leads to personalized and strategic change. The Churches in Revelation 2-3. Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis

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Arkansas Baptist State Convention

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  1. Arkansas Baptist State Convention

  2. The Mission: • Make Disciples • The Need: • Revival that • Refocuses Us on the Great Commission

  3. The Response: Honest evaluation that leads to personalized and strategic change

  4. The Churches in Revelation 2-3 Ephesus Smyrna Pergamum Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea Hard workers…but left first love Persecuted…hang on Faithful…but tolerating false teaching Improving…but tolerating sin Good reputation…but dead Not strong…but faithful Wealthy…but spiritually impoverished

  5. The Goal: To engage in an intentional process that helps your church discover how to move from where you are to where God wants you to be!

  6. Over the last 5 One Baptism per 15 Worship Attendees Years Average Sunday School Growth of 10% Average Worship Growth of 10% 25% of Additions from Baptisms Undesignated Giving Increase of 10% 2% a Year

  7. Sunday School Growth Baptisms per Worship Attendees Giving Increase Additions from Baptisms Worship Growth 20% of Reporting ABSC Churches met four or more of these indicators from 2009-2013

  8. What Is the ABSC • Church Revitalization Emphasis? • An intentional process • designed to assist churches in fulfilling the Great Commission through Spiritual Health, Effective Leadership and Relevant Strategies.

  9. Uniqueness of the ABSC’s • Church Revitalization • Pastor Led • Pastor Registers • Pastor Leads Process • Pastor Friendly • Material Written For Pastors • Options, Sample Plans, Time Lines, etc • Customizable • Your Plan, Your Pace • Multi-Year Format • More Content Coming • Future Training Supporting Revitalization

  10. Spiritual • Health • Effective • Leadership • Relevant • Strategies For each component, the Church Revitalization emphasis will offer resources for initial key ministries and actions

  11. Spiritual • Health “Unless the Lord builds the house its builders labor in vain.” Ps. 127:1a

  12. Spiritual Health • Examines the areas of prayer, worship, spiritual disciplines, relationships in the church, dependence on God, passion, and spiritual maturity.

  13. Initial Areas of Emphasis • spiritual • HEALTH • Prayer, Revival and • Spiritual Awakening • Celebrative Worship

  14. Spiritual • Health • Effective • Leadership

  15. Effective Leadership • effective • LEADERSHIP • Examines how wellministers • and lay leaders communicate • vision, enlist and train leaders, • adapt to changing needs, • implement new ministries, • develop strategies, allocate resources, and resolve conflict.

  16. Initial Areas of Emphasis • effective • LEADERSHIP • Leading Lay People • Developing a • Missional Mindset

  17. Spiritual • Health • Effective • Leadership • Relevant • Strategies

  18. Relevant Strategies • Examines areas like • Sunday School, Evangelism, • Missions, Discipleship, and • Assimilation in light of church • context, available resources, • giftedness and other factors • in an effort to maximize results.

  19. Initial Areas of Emphasis • relevant • STRATEGIES • Church Evangelism Strategy • Sunday School • Keeping Those You Reach

  20. The Process

  21. Identify • Commit • Design • Cast Vision • Celebrate • Implement • Adjust • 4 • 2 • 6 • 3 • 7 • 1 • 5 to Revitalization Areas Needing Attention a CustomizedPlan of the Desired Future the Plan the Plan as Needed Faithfulness and Results The Pastor’s Guidebook has detailed instructions about the process.

  22. A Closer Look at the Process…

  23. Committo Revitalization • 1 • Investigate the emphasis • Register your church • Discuss the emphasis with key leaders • Present the emphasis to the church (revival, growth) • Form a Revitalization Team

  24. Forming a Revitalization Team 5 or 7 Member Team (including pastor) Not an Existing Body . . . Appointed by pastor, nominated/elected by church, or a combination This group’s purpose is to assist the pastor in guiding the church through the revitalization process.

  25. Forming a Revitalization Team • Option One: Pastor Selects the Team • Step One: Pastor presents concept to church • Step Two: Pastor prayerfully identifies potential team • members (perhaps in consultation with deacons, nominative committee, or church council). • Step Three: Pastor personally recruits team • Step Four: Church approves team • Advantage: Members are hand-selected by pastor • Disadvantage: Team viewed as “yes” men and women

  26. Forming a Revitalization Team • Option Two: Church Nominates the Team • Step One: Pastor presents concept to church • Step Two: Church prayerfully nominates potential team • members through secret ballot. • Step Three: Pastor/deacons identify top nominees • qualified to serve and asks them to. • Step Four: Church approves team • Advantage: Pastor avoids scrutiny over selections • Disadvantage: Some valuable leaders not on team

  27. Identify Areas Needing Attention • 2 • Guide the church through an assessment • Allows team to avoid guessing • Clarifies church’s perception of situation • Empowers team to address issues as identified by the congregation • Select areas to address first

  28. Assessment Options • Guided Conversational Assessment • Self-Administered Assessment Tools • 3. Transformational Church Assessment Tool

  29. Design a Customized Plan • 3 • Access the design guides related to areas identified in the • assessment

  30. Design Guides Available After Sept. 18 Prayer, Revival, and Spiritual Awakening Celebrative Worship Evangelism Strategy Leading Lay Leaders Sunday School Strategy (x2) Developing a Missional Mindset Keeping Those You Reach

  31. What is a “Design Guide?” A design guide is a resource the team will use to help them understand how to implement changes in the areas they have identified. Each area of emphasis within Spiritual Health, Effective Leadership, and Relevant Strategies has a corresponding design guide.

  32. Design a Customized Plan • 3 • Access the design guides related to areas being addressed • Identify the intensity level needed for changes in each focus area

  33. How do we determine the intensity level of the change?

  34. Intensity vs. Impact Scale Intensity and Impactare directly related The greater the level of impact needed or desired, the greater the level effort/intensity will be necessary No Intensity means No Impact!!!

  35. Why High Intensity Level? Great sense of urgency Well established pastor Few areas needing change Support of key leaders

  36. Why Low Intensity Level? Need for an immediate win New to the church Lack of unity Already bringing high intensity to other areas of the church

  37. Church Evangelism Design Guide

  38. The Pastor as Personal Soul Winner • 1 • 1 Church Evangelism Design Guide

  39. Soul Winning Pastor • 1 • Evangelism through the Pulpit • 2 • 2 Church Evangelism Design Guide

  40. Soul Winning Pastor • 1 • Pulpit Evangelism • 2 • First Impressions • 3 • 3 Church Evangelism Design Guide

  41. Soul Winning Pastor • 1 • Pulpit Evangelism • 2 • First Impressions • 3 • 4 • “Come and See” Events and Ministries • 4 Church Evangelism Design Guide

  42. Soul Winning Pastor • 1 • Pulpit Evangelism • 2 • 5 • First Impressions • 3 • “Come and See” • 4 • “Go and Tell” Events & Ministries • 5 Church Evangelism Design Guide

  43. Soul Winning Pastor • 1 • 6 • Pulpit Evangelism • 2 • First Impressions • 3 • “Come and See” • 4 • “Go and Tell” • 5 • Church “DNA” Transformed • for Evangelism • 6 Church Evangelism Design Guide

  44. Design a Customized Plan • 3 • Access the design guides related to areas being addressed • Identify the intensity level needed for changes in each focus area • Set Goals (do not underestimate short-term ‘wins’) Activity People Results

  45. Cast Vision of a Desired Future • 4 • Start with those directly affected by the change. • Communicate early and often with the church (you cannot communicate too much!) • Create a sense of urgency (but stay encouraging)

  46. Cast Vision of a Desired Future • 4 30 Minutes of Preaching x 3 Times a Week x 100 Words a Minute = 468,000 Words 30 Minutes of Music & Announcement x 3 Times a Week x 50 Words a Minute = 234,000 Words Total of 700,000 plus words a year!

  47. Cast Vision of a Desired Future • 4 One Sunday Preaching= 3,000 words 30 Minutes x 100 words/minute Business Meeting = 3,000 words 30 Minutes x 100 words/minute Puts it in the Newsletter= 500 words Total of 6,500 Words Less than 1% 700,000 Words in a Year 700,000 / 6,500 = .00928571%

  48. Implement the Plan • 5 • Begin making the planned changes • Communicate frequently with church • Meet often • Communicate more

  49. Adjust the Plan as Needed • 6 • Evaluate (is progress being made?) • Stay open to input • As a team, discuss how to improve or tweak the plan • Communicate adjustments with those affected

  50. Celebrate Faithfulness & Results • 7 • Celebrate Activity • Celebrate People • Celebrate Results • Create a Culture of Change

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