Part 3 of 4 of a Study about Church growth

1. Part 3Taking South Shore Community Church to… THE NEXT LEVEL

2. Part 1 HUMAN LIFE CYCLE

3. Part 1 PREDICTABLE LIFE CYCLE OF A CHURCH Consolidating Church Growing Church Declining Church Emerging Church Dying Church

4. Part 2LEADERSHIP TYPES OPERATOR ORGANIZER REORGANIZER CATALYZER SUPER REORGANIZER

5. Part 2CONSTANT RENEWAL

6. ST-JUDE, QUEBEC - 2010

7. The House built on Sand The foundation is invisible. Absence of water or too much water can produce a sinkhole

8. FLORIDA SINKHOLES

9. FLORIDA SINKHOLES

10. THE ROLE OF A PASTOR The Pastor is more than just a Sunday Preacher The Pastor has to examine the foundation of the Church and make sure it’s solid ground…

11. Part 3 – The Next Level I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been – Wayne Gretzky

12. FEEDBACK LOOPS All congregations have what we call feedback loops. GROWTH: Positive loops are: Conversions, Births, People transferring DECREASE: Negative loops are the exact opposite

13. POSITIVE LOOPS PEOPLE ADDED PER YEAR BY CONVERSIONS BIRTH AND TRANSFERRENCE CONGREGATION SIZE GROWS

14. NEGATIVE LOOPS PEOPLE SUBTRACTED PER YEAR BY REVERSIONS DEATH AND TRANSFERRENCE CONGREGATION SIZE DECLINES

15. CONGREGATION NEGATIVE LOOPS POSITIVE LOOPS CONGREGATION SIZE

16. INFLUENCE OF LOOPS Positive loops Negative loops Balance of Positive and Negative Loops

17. Ministry Capital Soundness of Doctrine and Values. Prayer Life. Vision. Spiritual Quality of Leadership. Talents of Pastor Directional Unity. Fellowship. Community relations. Relational Structural Philosophy. Ways of Working together Building. Location. Visibility. Physical

18. MINISTRY CAPITAL SIZE Spiritual Spiritual Directional Directional MINISTRY CAPITAL Relational Relational Structural Structural Physical Physical

19. CHURCH GROWTH Plateau of Church Growth in North America 10,000 6,000 3,000 1,200 800 400 200 125 85 35

20. SMALL CHURCH BARRIERS NEW CEILING 400 CEILING (resistance) NEW FLOOR 200 CHOICE POINT AVERAGE: 125 85 FLOOR (support)

21. WHAT ARE OUR WEAK POINTS? Soundness of Doctrine and Values. Prayer Life. Vision. Spiritual Quality of Leadership. Talents of Pastor Directional Unity. Fellowship. Community relations. Relational Structural Philosophy. Ways of Working together Building. Location. Visibility. Physical

22. RULE FOR GROWTH ORGANIZATIONAL EXPANSION ALWAYS PRECEDES NUMERICAL INCREASE

23. TYPES OF CHURCHES 15 to 200 – RELATIONAL 200 to 400 – MANAGERIAL 400 to 800 – ORGANIZATIONAL 800 to 1,500 – CENTRALIZED + 1,500 - DECENTRALIZED

24. CHURCHES WITH 150 OFTEN THEY FIND THEY MUST EMPLOY THE SERVICES OF A BI-VOCATIONAL PASTOR OR PERHAPS PAY A PASTOR A LOWER THAN AVERAGE SALARY

25. THE TEXT BOOK SAYS: TO BREAK THE 200 BARRIER… THE CHURCH NEEDS: + 1 SECOND FULL-TIME PASTOR + 2 FULL-TIME SUPPPORT STAFF GROWTH RULE: 1 PASTOR FOR EVERY 150 PEOPLE + 1 SUPPORT STAFF PER PASTOR

26. Some people don’t Want the Church to Grow Because They are afraid Of loosing The false Sense of CONTROL Watch for the spirit of JEZEBEL !

27. GROWING to the NEXT LEVEL Floor: 200 / Ceiling: 400

28. Part 4FINAL PRESENTATIONNEXT WEEK THE NEXT STEP REQUIRES A CHOICE AND A CHANGE OF STRUCTURE LEADERSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP MUST MAKE A CHOICE