Growth Workshops: Planning for Growth and Vitality
Four Types of GrowthKeys to a Vital Congregation
Characteristics of Churches by Size
Preparing for the Workshop: Items to Bring
Telling Your Congregation's Story: Congregational Profile Team Exercise
Planning for Growth and Vitality for the Small Congregation
This program uses a multi-faceted approach to help congregations identify current strengths and determine some strategic directions for further growth and vitality. In addition, participating congregational teams learn:
Specific turnaround strategies for the small membership congregations. How to effectively incorporate visitors and new members into the life and ministry of the congregation. How to connect the vision, mission, programs, and specific outreach efforts of your congregations. How to respond to some specific areas of concern: volunteer recruitment, finances, and quality of worship and programs. A planning method that guides your work with your congregation following the workshop.
Planning for Growth and Vitality for Mid-Size Congregation
This opportunity for a team of people from midsize congregations focuses on specific issues of middle sized churches. In particular, your congregational team learns:
To identify some of the current strengths and future opportunities for growth, development, and vitality in your congregation. Some of the specific strategies moving from a "pastoral" to "program" style congregation. How to focus on ways that a vision, a sense of purpose and a responsiveness to your surrounding community can direct your efforts for expressing these in the program ministry of the congregation. The importance of congregational culture in middle sized congregations and ways hat this informs your specific growth, vitality and change strategies. To put some of the concerns that you have about "volunteerism" and "fundraising" into the broader context of personal ministry and giving development within the congregation. A planning method that guides your work with your congregation following the workshop.
Last updated on Friday, October 31, 2008.
