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Know Your Church
Know Your Church
Pastor Leaves
Leading a church from
Anxiety to
Anticipation
Interim Descison
Know Your Community
Know the Plan
Know God
Know the Path
New Pastor
Assessment Renewal
Planning
Anxiety
Anticipation
Transitional Interim Pastor
Implementation
Know Your Church
Know Your ChurchKnow Your Church
1. Who are we?
a. Review the History
b. Full Church Assessment
2. Where do we need to go?
--Becoming a Healthy Church
“Where We Need To Go in a TIPS Church…
Toward Church Health”
“Some church growth concepts are so focused on
the fruit..
that they fail to remember
the roots that produce the fruit.”
Mark 4:26
"Jesus also said, "This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on
the ground.”
Mark 4:27
“Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though
he does not know how.”
Mark 4:28
“All by itself the soil produces grain--first the
stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.”
Mark 4:29
“As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it,
because the harvest has come.”
Jesus Explained What We Can And Cannot Do
•We can prepare the soil
•We can sow the seed
•We can sleep & can get up
•We can harvest the crop
•We CANNOT
bring forth the fruitNCS © 2007
The Institute TodayThe Institute Today
• 45,000 churches• 60 countries• 25 languages• 32,000 churches
in USA
Models & PrinciplesModels & Principles
Model:Imitation
1 : 11 : 1
Models & PrinciplesModels & Principles
Model:
Principles:
Imitation
IndividualizationIndividualizationAbstractionAbstraction
1 : 11 : 1
Growing and declining churches vary
significantly in eight quality areas…areas TIPS leaders must be aware of and strategically address
Schwarz’ research teaches us:
Quality CharacteristicsQuality Characteristics
• Empowering Leadership• Gift-oriented• Passionate• Functional• Inspiring• Holistic• Need-oriented• Loving
MinistrySpiritualityStructuresWorshipSmall Groups
EvangelismRelationships
The Adjective is the key!
Empowering Leadership
Note
the
adje
ctiv
e
s
Empowering Leadership
TIPS leaders “equip, support, motivate, and mentor individuals
to become all that God wants them to be. . . They know that God has an unique calling for
every individual.”
Empowering Leadership
Gift-oriented MinistryNot
e th
e
adje
ctiv
e
s
Gift-Oriented Ministry
TIPS leaders help members “identify their gifts and integrate them into ministries that match
their gifts.”
Empowering Leadership
Passionate
Gift-oriented Ministry
SpiritualityNot
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adje
ctiv
e
s
Passionate Spirituality
The faith of the people in the TIPS church is “actually lived out with commitment, fire, and
enthusiasm.”
Empowering Leadership
Passionate
Functional
Gift-oriented Ministry
Spirituality
Structures
Note
the
adje
ctiv
e
s
Functional Structures
The evaluation of forms and structures of the TIPS church determines whether they fulfill
their purpose or not. If they don’t they are changed
or laid to rest.
Empowering Leadership
Inspiring
Passionate
Functional
Gift-oriented Ministry
Spirituality
Structures
Worship Service
Note
the
adje
ctiv
e
s
Inspiring Worship
Worship in the TIPS church is an “inspiring experience” that is
described by attendees as “fun.”
Empowering Leadership
Inspiring
Passionate
Functional
Holistic
Gift-oriented Ministry
Spirituality
Structures
Worship Service
Small Groups
Note
the
adje
ctiv
e
s
Holistic Small Groups
The TIPS church is developing a system of small groups where “individual Christians can find intimate community, practical help, and intensive spiritual
interaction.”
Empowering Leadership
Inspiring
Passionate
Functional
Holistic
Need-oriented
Gift-oriented Ministry
Spirituality
Structures
Worship Service
Small Groups
Evangelism
Note
the
adje
ctiv
e
s
Need-Oriented Evangelism
The TIPS church shares the gospel “in a way that meets the
questions and needs of non-Christians.”
Empowering Leadership
Inspiring
Passionate
Functional
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Gift-oriented Ministry
Spirituality
Structures
Worship Service
Small Groups
Evangelism
Relationships
Note
the
adje
ctiv
e
s
Loving Relationships
The relationships and fellowship in the TIPS church is
characterized by “authentic, practical love.”
NCS © 2007
May 2007
May 2007
May 2007
The Minimum BarrelThe Minimum Barrel
Worship Attendance
Minimum Factor
Quality Characteristics
What Jesus Taught That We Can & Can Not Do
•We can prepare the soil
•We can sow the seed
•We can sleep & can get up
•We can harvest the crop
•We CANNOT
bring forth the fruitNCS © 2007
Mark 4:28
“All by itself the soil produces grain--first the
stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head.”
“The key is quality.
Jesus taught, if the root is quality, it
will produce the right
fruit.” Matt 7:17
Strategic Focus For A Healthy TIPS Church
The key issue is NOT church growth
It’s
CHURCH HEALTH
“Healthy churches are always growing, but
Not all growing churches are
healthy churches!”
“…the fire will test the quality of each man’s (& church’s)
work.” (1 Cor. 3:13)
“In TIPS, if we fail to plan, we plan to fail.”
“If we plan with God, we will not
fail!”
So, we say we attend a
healthy TIPS church.
What will that look like?
This is a church
in which the leadership is
committed heart and soul to church
growth;
This is a church
in which nearly every Christian is
using his or her gifts to edify
the church;
This is a church
in which most members are living out the faith with
power and contagious
enthusiasm;
This is a church
in which church structures are evaluated on
whether they serve the growth of the
church or not;
This is a church
in which worship services are a high
point of the week for the majority of the
congregation;
This is a church
in which the loving and healing power of Christian fellowship can be experienced
in small groups;
This is a church
in which nearly all Christians, according to their gifts, help to
fulfill the Great Commission;
This is a church
in which the love of Christ permeates all
church activities.
Christian A. Schwarz in Natural Church Development (p 40)
Who would vote “No” on working to develop that
kind of TIPS church ?
Who would be interested in
attending this kind of TIPS
church?
for the Body of Christ
TheBottom Line
The Quality of Health
