Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau

1. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau By Dr. Tom Cheyney Facebook: Church Revitalization Network

2. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Intro:

3. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Mobilize a prayer coalition to begin praying for church renewal and revitalization! • It is amazing how often this is done as an after thought or as an add on after everything else has been decided. • Keeping prayer first and foremost is essential! • Any growing church moves forward only on it knees. • When the membership gets serious about prayer God can do amazing things!

4. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Cast a gripping vision of what the church could become. • You must see the vision as a possibility and then lead your people to see it as a possibility as well. • Groundwork to achieve the vision must be done. • Here are some of the BIG ones: Build relationships as early and often as possible, Train staff and laity, Keep vision casting, Pep up the music just a little, Keep growing the prayer partner ministry, Help new members fit in, create new ministries that will facilitate growth, Preach & Teach on what it takes to be a healthy growing church, change the perception that everyone is a minister at this growing church!

5. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Renew, reinvent, and refresh your mission statement so that everyone can catch it! (10 words or less) • Work together on this statement and make it theirs as well as yours.

6. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Develop a working strategy for present, near future, and long term growth. • Connect the laity to the work of ministry. • Form the Church Revitalization Dream Team • Work on ways to accommodate growth • Add services • Make reaching people the new priority

7. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Allow God to provide for the financial resources needed for the church.

8. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Keep personal evangelism on the front burner and lead lost people to Christ! • Light a candle when some gets saved! Salvation candle • Keep your commitment to evangelism public • Remember the responsibility for keeping evangelism a priority in the senior pastor and no one else! • Keep the fire burning! • Disciple those who are won to Christ. • Share the plan of salvation in your new members class. • Give your fellowship handles for doing evangelism.

9. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Conduct Special Evangelistic Events that will create awareness of your churches love for the community. • Use the natural seasons for events. • Become known as a church of compassion for its community. • Utilize the media to help you share your story.

10. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Openly and outwardly display to your community your love in specific practical ways that demonstrate this love.

11. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Within your organization structure begin new classes and programs to meet new needs.

12. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • Utilize music, drama, and video to enhance the evangelistic emphasis of the church.

13. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau • If you can not implement all of these steps, begin where you can and then plan for the future. • Work hard to include all age groups in evangelism. • Allow evangelism to become the driving force in revitalizing your church! When it becomes the top priority new life will surge into your fellowship. • Keep evangelism the driving force.

14. Practical Steps for Leading a Church off the Plateau By Dr. Tom Cheyney www.BoomerangChurches.com Facebook: Church Revitalization Network