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Church leaders must attend training. Each church must produce a MAP. Mission Action Planning. Each deanery must have a MAP. Required of us by the diocese. Review your situation. Choose future priorities. Mission Action Planning. Make plans. Strategic planning (a process).
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Church leaders must attend training Each church must produce a MAP Mission Action Planning Each deanery must have a MAP Required of us by the diocese
Review your situation Choose future priorities Mission Action Planning Make plans Strategic planning (a process) Act on the plans
Bill Goslin & Gill Grisedale (wardens) Dave Nelson (reader) John Hazelhurst (reader in training) Mission Action Planning Linda Lawrence (CLM in training) Ed & Jo Northey (curates) Leadership Team Ian Hook (vicar)
Meeting/Praying regularly Leading Your Church into Growth Mission Action Planning Leadership Team
Exodus 18:17f ‘too heavy for you alone’ Mission Action Planning ‘you do what God called you to do’ ‘appoint a team’ Theology of Strategic Planning
Deuteronomy 1:9f ‘chooses priorities’ Mission Action Planning ‘context is growth’ ‘consensus’ Theology of Strategic Planning ‘Acts on the plan’
Acts 6:1f ‘context is still growth’ Mission Action Planning ‘choosing priorities…. again’ ‘appoint a team…. again’ Theology of Strategic Planning ‘consensus…. again’ ‘outcome is growth’
1Corinthians 3:1f ‘growth is not the same as health’ Mission Action Planning ‘Corinthian church side-tracked’ ‘leaders…. lead’ Theology of Strategic Planning ‘leaders…. serve’ ‘God grows HIS church’
‘ We do not see growth in attendance numbers as the main goal of a growth strategy. Rather it is the growth in mission related areas – for example in faith, in discipleship, in worship and in spreading God’s love into communities Mission Action Planning ‘
‘ …at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:10-11 Mission Action Planning ‘