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PURPOSE-DRIVEN WORKSHOP. Developing Tools For Assimilating New Members. “THE THIRTY SECOND BRAIN EXPANDER”. EXPANDER #1:. How long have you been a member at our church?. EXPANDER #2:. How easy was it for you to fit into our church? 1 = Extremely Hard 10 = Extremely Easy. EXPANDER #3:.
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PURPOSE-DRIVEN WORKSHOP Developing Tools For Assimilating New Members
EXPANDER #1: How long have you been a member at our church?
EXPANDER #2: How easy was it for you to fit into our church? 1 = Extremely Hard 10 = Extremely Easy
EXPANDER #3: How many times a week do you pray for the new members of last year?
EXPANDER #4: How do you rate our church in assimilation? 1 = Total Failure 10 = Total Success
EXPANDER #5: How do you rate your SS class in assimilation? 1 = Total Failure 10 = Total Success
TODAY’S: • Goal – Learn how to assimilate new and prospective members • Process – Work as a team to develop a team solution.
THREE DOORS IN A CHURCH: • Front door – enter our worship service. • Side door – enter through small group events • Back door – exit strategy!
EVALUATE: Why advertise that the customer is #1 when the personnel have not been trained in customer service?
FILL IN THE BLANK: I don’t _____ how much you ______ until I ______ how much you ____.
“We keep doing the same things over and over again and wonder why things don’t get any better.”Haw from “Who Moved My Cheese?”
ASSIMILATION IS: • Learning how to keep the people you already have • Learning how to keep the people you are going to get
In his never ending effort to attract the youth and further their spiritual growth, the youth leader thinks through his combination “Prayer Vigil” and “Banana Madness” activity.
CHARACTERISTICS: • List at least 7 new friends
CHARACTERISTICS: • List at least 7 new friends • Identify their spiritual gifts
CHARACTERISTICS: • List at least 7 new friends • Identify their spiritual gifts • Involved in a ministry
CHARACTERISTICS: • List at least 7 new friends • Identify their spiritual gifts • Involved in a ministry • Involved in a small cell group
Assimilation is: “Join a small group and get connected.” Houston Northwest Baptist Church
CHARACTERISTICS: • List at least 7 new friends • Identify their spiritual gifts • Involved in a ministry • Involved in a small cell group • Contributing financially on a regular basis
CHARACTERISTICS: • List at least 7 new friends • Identify their spiritual gifts • Involved in a ministry • Involved in a small cell group • Contributing financially on a regular basis • Understand and identify with church purpose
CHARACTERISTICS: • List at least 7 new friends • Identify their spiritual gifts • Involved in a ministry • Involved in a small cell group • Contributing financially on a regular basis • Understand and identify with church purpose • Attends worship services regularly
CHARACTERISTICS: • List at least 7 new friends • Identify their spiritual gifts • Involved in a ministry • Involved in a small cell group • Contributing financially on a regular basis • Understand and identify with church purpose • Attends worship services regularly • Identifying unchurched friends/relatives