Encouragement for churches sugar & salt

1. Church Encouragement Services Workshop Larry Ferguson - Director

3. Church Encouragement Services HOW CAME ABOUT

4. It started with My First Ministry

6. Santa Cruz Church From Death To Life Years Later

11. ITT Leadership Seminar Statistics say that 85% of churches in America are either declining or stagnate

12. Churches Closing at a Rapid Rate In the forward of the book printed by College Press “ Church Planting from the Ground Up ” Edited by Tom Jones & compiled by several authors, are some staggering statistics about dying churches. The author of the forward is Tom Rainer, Dean of the Billy Graham School of Evangelism and church growth. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky. The statistic is this: of the approximately 400,000 churches in America, it’s estimated that 60,000 of those churches will close in the next 10 to 15 years. In 10 years that would be about 115 per week. 15 years would be approximately 76 per week. This is staggering not only because of the fact itself, but because previous statistics indicated only about 7 churches per week closing down. Thus the overwhelming need for Church Encouragement Services Inc. (New life for churches.)

13. IMAGINE 76 to 115 Churches Closing Down Every Week !

14. My Heart Is Touched By this Over-whelming Need That’s Why I wrote The C E S Manuscript “ Raising the Dead” (New life for churches)

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21. Seminar Agenda FRIDAY NIGHT 7:00 to 8:00 - Introduction/ Orientation Break - 8:00 to 8:15 8:15 to 9:15 - Chapter One - Consequences SATURDAY Breakfast - 9 to 9:30 9:30 to 11:00 - Chapter Two - Revival of Prayer Break - 11:00 to 11:15 11:15 to 12:15 - Chapter Three - Creating a Vision Lunch - 12:15 to 12:45 12:45 to 1:45 - Chapter Four - Back To the Bible 1:45 to 2:45 - Chapter Five - What Happened to the Good New? Break - 2:45 to 3:00 3:00 to 4:00 - Chapter Six - Leaders 4:00 to 5:00 - Chapter Seven - The Preacher Break - 5:00 to 5:15 5:15 to 6:45 - Chapter Eight - Elders

22. Supper - 6:45 to 7:15 7:15 to 7:45 - Chapter Nine - Deacons and/or Ministry Leaders 7:45 to 8:45 - Chapter Ten - Equipping Break - 8:45 to 9:00 9:00 to 9:45 - Chapter Eleven - It Pays to Prepare SUNDAY New Beginnings Worship Service Lunch - 12:30 to 1:15 1:15 to 2:15 - Chapter Twelve - Making Sunday Special 2:15 to 3:15 - Chapter Thirteen - Problem Solving Break - 3:15 to 3:30 3:30 to 4:30 - Chapter Fourteen – Implementation 4:30 to 5:00 - Conclusion and Graduation

23. After the seminar you will be prepared to Have a “ Revival of Prayer ” The ♥ of a “ Revival of Prayer ” * Four sermons on prayer * 13 weeks of lessons on prayer * 3 prayers in the worship service * 15 minutes of prayer at every meeting * Prayer room early Sunday mornings * 24 hours of prayer * Day of Prayer and fasting

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27. 2. PRIORITY COMMUNICATION It starts with a “Revival of Prayer” Sugar - The need for effective, fervent calling out to God . Salt - 13 week curriculum for “ Revival of Prayer”

28. 3. HOW TO START A FIRE Creating a vision Sugar - The church must have a vision of what can be accomplished with God. Salt - How to create an effective vision team .

29. 4. REDISCOVERING THE BIBLE Sugar - The Bible must be the only & final authority. Salt - 38 descriptions of what (only) the Bible is.

30. 5. GOD’S HEART OUR HANDS What happened to the good news? Sugar - The priorities of God - Must have new babies - Emphasize Jesus! Salt - Scriptures relating to salvation - 11 methods that work .

31. 6. EFFECTIVE LEADERS Sugar - As the leaders go so the church goes. Salt - Dynamic, workable & essential leader skills.

32. 7. THE COACH Preachers Sugar - The preacher must have the freedom & the support to do what God asks him to do. Salt - The preacher’s job description. How to take care of your preacher. The preacher’s contract. .

33. 8. SHEPHERDS or ELDERS Sugar - Much responsibility - Little training and support. Salt - Many surprised by their biblical job description. Graph complete responsibilities.

34. 9. THE SPARK PLUGS Deacons - (Ministry leaders) Sugar - Prescribed by God to be helpers for the whole church, Especially the leaders. Salt - Their biblical job description .

35. 10. EQUIPPING (For what?) Sugar - Most Christians are un-equipped for ministry. Salt - How to do the equipping.

36. 11. BE PREPARED It pays to prepare Sugar - Poor preparation leads to poor results. Salt - Workable tips for quality preparation.

37. 12. MAKING SUNDAY SPECIAL Sugar - Out of the rut - into exciting Sundays. Salt - Loads of ways to make Sunday special.

38. 13. HELP FOR DEALING WITH PROBLEMS Sugar - Problems are opportunities, but opportunities to do what? Salt - Problem solving procedure.

39. 14. LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! Implementation Sugar - Often much talk without much doing. Salt - A way to get the job done efficiently & timely.

40. OTHER THINGS THAT ONLY THE SEMINAR OFFERS (More salt) □ 500 page full color resource manual. □ Humorous but pointed elder’s meeting dialogues □ 64 focus points. □ Examples of churches that died □ Songs that emphasize the topics □ Fun songs □ Illustrative stories

41. Free introduction packets available Church Encouragement Services Inc. 512 Coventry Court Plymouth, Indiana 46563 (574) 272-8288 [email_address]