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“From the Crow’s Nest”

“From the Crow’s Nest”. Church Officer Enrichment January 25, 2014. Vision Shifts in Congregational Ministry. The Classic 20th Century Vision for Congregational Ministry Communal in focus Programmatic in nature

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“From the Crow’s Nest”

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  1. “From the Crow’s Nest” Church Officer EnrichmentJanuary 25, 2014

  2. Vision Shifts in Congregational Ministry The Classic 20th Century Vision for Congregational Ministry • Communal in focus • Programmatic in nature • The role of the pastor was primarily preaching, pastoral care, and program maintenance

  3. Vision Shifts are changing the face of congregational ministry Stan Ott: From Traditional to Transformational • From maintaining programs to changing lives. • From maintaining programs to ministry design. • From “communal" (primarily an inward focus on the congregation itself) to communal (inward) and missional in nature.

  4. Three Kinds of Congregations • Traditional • Transitional • Transformational

  5. Twelve Dynamic Shifts For Transforming Your Church by Stan Ott • your present reality for your congregation's future to the high expectation that God has a vital future for your church. • merely running programs to implementing a vision for ministry • maintenance mentality to a sustaining and advancing vision

  6. emphasis on friendliness to a ministry of friendliness and hospitality. • assuming discipleship to developing discipleship. • emphasis on the communal life of the church to a balanced emphasis on the communal and missional life of the church. • unchanging worship format to a ministry of worship and music responsive to the variety of needs present in the congregation and the community you are trying to reach

  7. audience-oriented programming (e.g. worship services, classes) to a balance of audience-oriented ministry and face-to-face ministry (e.g. small groups, one-on-one spiritual direction). • getting established groups to add new people to adding new groups.

  8. “leader-using” ministry to a “leader-developing” ministry, from committees to ministry teams. • controlling leadership to a permission-giving leadership. • pastor-centered/officer-centered ministry to shared ministry among pastor, officers and people

  9. Shift from your present reality for your congregation's future • to the high expectation that God has a transformational future for your church

  10. Vision is seeing what God wants to do through you • Suspend reality for the time you are creating a vision

  11. Enthusiasm and passion • Willingness to pay the price - as the pastor and as people of God • Be willing to “cross the street.” Erwin McManus • Build a porch in the air • Build a bridge on which you are traveling • Build an airplane while you are flying

  12. Let’s develop a Vision for a church • First step - describe reality • Community • Location • History • Membership • Worship Attendance • Mission

  13. Community Involvement • Demographics • Last 5 years • Significant ministries • Significant challenges

  14. Second step - suspend reality • Where does God want us to be in 5 years? - Dream BIG • Ministry, worship, community involvement, mission • If we are to be “there” in 5 years, where should we be in 4 years? 3 years, 2 years, next year? • What do we have to do this year to meet this year’s goal?

  15. Develop a Defining Vision Statement • A Defining Vision is a ministry’s most central vision. • A Defining Vision clearly delineates what the ministry is to be and to do • It captures the essential thrust of the ministry with distinctiveness and clarity.

  16. A Defining Vision is essential to leadership because leadership is knowing where you are going (vision) and having others with you on the way. • Clearly state what we seek to accomplish by God's grace • Crisp, tight, clear and short enough so that every ministry and sub-ministry can answer: "how are we contributing to the Vision of our congregation?"

  17. It should be bold • Evaluate the vision against the 12 criteria for vision shifts that lead to transformational ministry • Mission statements of congregations are often rather lengthy expressions of Christian conviction and practice and as such can offer a sound general perspective for their ministry. • Little or no relationship between Mission Statement and practice of ministry.

  18. Defining Vision statement is the yardstick against which all mission and ministry is measured

  19. A Defining Vision of the Presbytery of New Covenant • Growing congregations that passionately engage their community to make disciples

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