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Welcome To Day Five. Birth: Finally!!. 1 st Trimester: Ministry DNA. Nervous System Mission Vision Values Teams. 2 nd Trimester: Critical Mass. GATHERING Prospecting Networking Bridging Sneak Previews Small Groups Marketing. 3 rd Trimester: Structure . DISCIPLE MAKING Winning
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1st Trimester: Ministry DNA • Nervous System • Mission • Vision • Values • Teams
2nd Trimester: Critical Mass • GATHERING • Prospecting • Networking • Bridging • Sneak Previews • Small Groups • Marketing
3rd Trimester: Structure • DISCIPLE MAKING • Winning • Building • Equipping • Developing • Releasing
Healthy Birth & Beyond • What are the critical startup ministries for a healthy, public launch?
Six Startup Ministries • Growth & Health • Worship • Assimilation • Technology • Children • Intentional Living
Startup Workbook • What is your startup ministries plan?
Question • How will you create and manage change?
Planter Profile • Spiritual Leader • Missionary Leader • “V” Team Builder • Resource Developer • People Gatherer • People Developer • Ministry Developer
Leadership Pipeline Informal to Formal Organic to Organized Simple to Complex
Foundational Principle • Healthy things grow • Growing things mature • Mature things reproduce • Reproduction produces change
1. Conception Stage • Power of One!
2. Prenatal Stage • Change from Lone Ranger to Team Builder
3. Growth Stage • Change from Team Builder to Coaching Team Leaders
4. Reproduction Stage • Change from Coach to Franchise Manager • Reproducing Systems • Reproducing Teams
Transitions Are Painful • Most days it is more fun to be a player than a general manager!
1. Intentional Living • Regular Retreats • Extended Exposure • Reflecting & Refocusing • Prayer & Planning
2. Coach • Bootcamp Coach • Next Level Coach
3. Peer Network • The church planter who meets with a group of church planting peers at least monthly increases the odds of survivability by 135 percent.
1. Conception Stage • Golf Team • Buddies • Doing Life Together • Having Fun?
2. Prenatal Stage • Basketball Team • Awkward Size • Roles: Fluid • Star Player
3. Growth Stage: 100-500 • Baseball Team • Positions • Specialization • Higher Expectations • Volunteers- Pro’s
4. Large Church: 750+ • Football Team • Offensive Team • Defensive Team • Special Teams
Transitions are Painful • Lose Leaders • Pioneers leave because settlers have come • Pros displace volunteers
1. Conception Stage • Cat Church • Independence • Close Knit • Organic • Simple
2. Prenatal Stage • Collie Church • Do you love me? • Need meet • Spontaneous • What calendar?
3. Growth Stage: 100-500 • Garden Church • Variety • Complexity • Calendar Planning • Work never done
4. Large Church Stage: 750+ • Ranch Church • Regional Vision • Long Range Planning • Outside Consultation • Major Impact • Decentralized Ministry
Transitions are Painful • I don’t like large churches. • It’s not the same anymore. • I don’t know everyone.
Why Large Church? • Irony: They are better at being small.
3. Health Leads to Growth • As soon as a church reached the 65% quality index in all eight essentials, quantitative growth resulted in all the churches we surveyed, without exception.
Breaking 100 • Pastors: Don’t trust people with ministry. • People: Don’t trust pastors with leadership.
Breaking 200 • Comfortable Size • Full time pastor • Basic programming • Intentionality • Outreach • Assimilation • Training