Rebuilding Worship
- Worship designed to reach the unchurched, new people, seeker sensitive
- Worship that seeks to empower a new generation of Christians
- Plan your worship-have a worship planning team in place.
- Hospitality team in place
- Update your bulletin
Rebuilding Discipleship
- Sunday School classes for youth and young adults
- Invite and provide transportation for children in the community to come to Sunday School/church
- Implement ways of increasing adult Sunday School attendance
- Midweek activities -You don’t build a strong church by Sunday worship service alone
- Evidence of life at the church 7 days a week
Rebuilding Ministry
- Community outreach programs intended to reach out for the surrounding communities
- Invite people to visit your church and keep a list; reach out for visitors.
- Have a weekly/monthly outreach program at the church
- Plan for growth (a measurable plan), growth will not just happen.
- Challenge and equip every member to grow more disciples
Rebuilding Effective Structures
- Do an evaluation of the life of the church:
- Are you a growing church
- Are you on unrealized decline
- Realized decline
- Death
- Evaluate your leadership structure and its effectives
- Evaluate your programs and special Sundays, are they helping to grow more disciples, e.g. Men’s
- Day, Women’s Day etc.
- Change leadership if needed
- Schedule your leadership meetings weekly or monthly (whatever works for you).
- Recruit young people for leadership
- When was your last leadership training for the church?
Rebuilding Your Finances
- Ability to fund your annual budget
- Growth in tithing
- Growth towards being 100 percent apportionment giving
Rebuilding the Congregation for Growth
- Increasing average worship attendance
- Membership growth
- Baptisms
- Spiritual growth
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