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Joshua
“Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. “Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
revitalized being revitalized need to be revitalized
Saturation and Submission
Numerical growth
Theological growth
Prayer
Outward Focus
training men
Dr. Thom Rainer
14 major Trends
Major Research Projects
Effective Evangelistic Churches
High Expectation Churches
Breakout Churches
Suprisng insights from the unchurched
The unchurch next door
Barna
Pew Charitable
Constant Feedback Loop
Church Answers
Trends
Rise of the neighborhood or community church
1970-forward- gradual erosion of the church
not as intentional about the community
Every church has an address and a specific purpose
Address Centric churches
By Churches that are single unit churches
multi-site movement (multi-site neighborhood)
TEST FOR INFLUENCE- If the church closes tomorrow, would your community notice?
Revival of the multi movement
Multi-Service
Multi-Site
On going church closures
8-10,000 a year
SBC 900-1,000 churches per year
Deferred Maintenance
coolsolutionsgroup.com
Downsizing of Worship Centers
the preferred gathering size for worship is declining
Churches moving into Retail Space
Audio Revolution
Learning is becoming more auditory than ever before
Audio Discipleship
Intersection of revitalization and audio learning
Boomer Retirement Trend
January 1, 2016 (10,000 retired and every day since then).
Most boomers will never engage in classical retirement (stopping working)
Most boomers will live a long time.
Get Boomers more engaged in Church Life
Boomers are core givers to the church
Leaders are apart of the learning revolution
Highly intentional
Formal
Evangelism in the Early Church
Revitalizer Profile
Visionary Strong Leader Ship Characteristics
Replanter Assessment
Revitalizer Profile
Instructor
thinker
visionary
strategist
responder
loyalist
provider
idealist
systematizer
equipper
counselor
The Rise of Networks
The Great Commission
Three Circles- The Story- The Way of the Master
Pray and Go
Costco
The Rapid Growth of Non Sunday Worship Services
Thursday Night Service
Have a Threefold Approach
Hope- Conduits and portrayers of God’s hope
Vision- Simple Church- Specific Vision- what are we going to do for a year?
Strategy- how are we gonna to it.
Attendance Revolution
Organizations
More frequent attendance.
Church Answers:
What is my church?
What is my community?
Who am I?
Steve Schefley coach
Outward Focus
The church is not only
Map out your life
Assimilation rectangle
Relationships- glue that keep people in the church
Expectations- they let people know up front whats expected of them.
Involvement
Convictional Teaching and Preaching
Can my church name the characteristics of a healthy church?
Do I need to be revitalized?
Where do we need to go?
Commercial Publishing is fine but it is hard to get into.
Commercial publishers cannot author the book
$1,497-
Manuscript- create something that will stand out digitally.
jess@churchanswers.com
20,000 word book
8 chapter 2,500 word book
Mcgavaran- Father of the Church Growth Movement.
Faulty theology
Evangelism is anything
Discipleship
We are discipling and perfecting.
you do not measure church growth by decision. You measure church growth by disciples.
He called:
Missionaries to accountability with evangelism
missionaries accountable with discipleship
Bridges of God
Difference between descriptive vs perescriptive
Gospel spread around the web of relationship.
Expansion Numerical Church Growth
-Conversion
-Transfer Growth
-Biological Growth
-Attenders - reaping the benefit without the responsibility
Internal Growth- Spiritual Growth
Extension Growth- Church Planting in a similar culture.
Bridging Growth- Cross culturally
Giving
Going
Praying
Sending
Older Former-berries- Older than I am. There when I got there. (Looking for a chaplain)
Younger Former-berries- younger than I am-
Older newBerries
Younger NewBerries
Names of non believers for whom you are praying.
Names of People with whom you are developing a relationship.
Who is your one?
Who is the last person with whom you shared the Gospel?
Names of People with whom you are developing a relationship.
Who is your disciple?
Who is your one?
Who is the last person with whom you shared the Gospel?
Who is your disciple?
Live in the tension of live in the hill country.
Sometimes its God make sure everyone everyone knows I got the hill country.