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Ministry Launch Plan © 2016 Pastor’s Coach Pg 1 of 30

Ministry Launch Plan

By Dr. Michael Brodeur

Developed and edited by Jordan Miller-Piche and Glen Reed

Pastor’s Coach

These notes go with the “How to Launch a Thriving Ministry” video series by Michael Brodeur.

The notes are designed to be used electronically in a word processing program such as Microsoft Word, or printed and three-hole punched and put in a binder.

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Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 3

I. WHY: Values & Culture .............................................................................................................................. 3

II. WHAT: Vision & Mission ........................................................................................................................... 7

III. WHO: Leader & Team ............................................................................................................................ 10

IV. WHERE: Target & Spheres ..................................................................................................................... 12

V. HOW MUCH: Resource Allocation........................................................................................................... 15

VI. SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................. 17

VII. HOW & WHEN: Project Plan ................................................................................................................. 18

VIII. Progress Tracker .................................................................................................................................. 28

Final Note ................................................................................................................................................... 30


Introduction

This document is a planning tool designed to help you launch a new ministry. Follow these steps in the process of creating this proposal:

1. This proposal will be completed initially by the pastor before meeting with the delegated leader. 2. Next, this proposal will be processed together with the delegated leader to make any changes and

to come to an agreement to follow this launch plan. 3. Next, this proposal will be shared with the new leader’s leadership team. Allow feedback from the

team. Use this step as a time to get “buy-in” from your other leaders. 4. Continue to review this document and make necessary changes with your leaders. This document

can be continuously revised and updated, not only as the ministry is being launched but also as it is perpetuated and evaluated in the future.

I. WHY: Values & Culture

Values and priorities produce the cultural frameworks of your church. Articulate and cultivate the culture that will facilitate your ministry.

Top 10 core values in order of importance

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.


9. 10.

Top 10 priorities of your church in order of importance

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.


Motivation

What is your motivation? These following sections will help you discover the “why” of your ministry.

Scripture

The most important verses that are guiding your vision and how they apply: 1. 2. 3.

Spiritual guidance and mentor input

a. Prophetic words and personal guidance you have received from God:

1. 2. 3.

b. Counsel and direction you have received from leaders and mentors: 1.


2. 3.

History and testimony

The spiritual DNA and defining moments that guide your vision: 1. 2. 3.


II. WHAT: Vision & Mission

What is your blueprint?

Vision

Definition

What has God given you – what do you see or hope to see in the future?

State the vision

What are you building? A church? A university? A hospital? An airport? A worship team? A campus ministry? An evangelism ministry? Try to specifically describe your future. What do you want your vision to look like in 30 years? What would it look like in its most full state?

Mission

Definition

What must you do to accomplish what you see? Here is an example of vision and mission: The vision of WWII was a free Europe. The mission initially was the defeat of Nazi Germany, and the mission then changed to rebuilding Europe.

Mission factors

What model is guiding your mission? What is your philosophy of ministry? What determines your ministry style?


What scriptures guide you?

What values and priorities guide you?

What cultural elements guide you?

Mission milestones

Write down the overall milestones or things you want to accomplish to reach your vision. Be specific. Example: The vision is an inner city community center. Milestones: Recruit team, develop fund raising, acquire the building, develop programs, create relationships with local schools and community organizations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.


Etc.


III. WHO: Leader & Team

Primary Leaders

Who are you working with: Names, jobs, gifts, etc.?

Team Members

Who are you working with: Names, jobs, gifts, etc.?

Team Relationships

Who are you building with? Describe your working relationship with each of these following categories:

1. God’s presence and power

Describe your working relationship with God.

2. The leader and spouse

Describe your partnership with your current or future spouse. Don’t assume that a spouse who is not working a “regular” job will work full time in the ministry.


3. The team (two tiers)

Who or what kind of leaders do you need on your team? a. Tier One - Core Team: Who do you need to carry your vision and mission with you? b. Tier Two - Leadership Team: Who do you need to accomplish your vision and mission?


IV. WHERE: Target & Spheres

Decide on your target and spheres and arenas for targeted transformation. Specify areas of impact for maximum fruitfulness. Where are you building and for whom? Who are the people to whom you feel called?

1. Identity

a. Who are you most like? b. Where and how have you been most successful doing similar ministry in the past? c. Who else is doing such ministry successfully?

2. Demographics

Describe the target group - Who has the Lord called you to reach? a. What are the demographics – race, age, gender, marital status, children per family, etc.? b. What are the statistics of the region – Political, economic, cultural, religious, etc.? c. What are the values and lifestyle of the region? (is this a poor or wealthy area? Etc.) d. Will you need to do cross-cultural pioneering and ministry?


3. Geography

a. Geographical guidance – What country and region are you called to? b. What neighborhood or center-point do you feed called to? c. What physical or environmental context are you called to? Cubicles, Campuses, Coffee Shops?

4. History and Spiritual Mapping

a. What are the major points of the history of the region including the spiritual/religious history (Google, library and civic organizations)? b. What do you think was God’s original destiny for the region? c. What is Satan’s corrupting plan for the region (corruption of authority)? d. What are God’s redemptive strategies for the region? Spend time in prayer and write in your impressions below.


5. Spheres of Influence

In our understanding, there are five spheres or arenas that make up human society: Family, Culture, Economy, Government, Faith. Some people identify seven “mountains,” but we find these five spheres illustrated in Genesis as human society evolved.

Write in your primary spheres in descending order of priority (Put the sphere of most importance first, the less important sphere second, etc.).

Next, write in the specific area within each sphere you want to influence as a church. The 5 spheres are: Family, Culture, Economy, Government, Faith a. Sphere: _________________ Specific Area: b. Sphere: _________________ Specific Area: c. Sphere: _________________ Specific Area: d. Sphere: _________________ Specific Area: e. Sphere: _________________ Specific Area:


V. HOW MUCH: Resource Allocation

1. Money

How much money is your vision going to take? How much per month? __________________ How much per year? __________________ How much per staff member? __________________ How much for all resources? __________________

2. Time

How much time is your vision going to take? ___________________ How much time per month? __________________ How much time per year? __________________ How many combined man hours? __________________ Do you need to adjust your current schedule? __________________ Do you need to sacrifice anything on your current schedule to see this happen? __________________

3. People

How many people are needed to fulfill your vision? Do you currently have enough volunteers? __________________ Do you need to recruit anybody? __________________ Do you need to recruit help from outside your church? __________________ Do you need to connect with specific people? __________________ Do you need to connect with pastors and/or leaders outside of your church? __________________


4. Energy

How much energy is your vision going to take? How much focus does this ministry need? __________________ If your church was shown as a pie chart, what percentage of value and priority does this ministry get? __________________ (see pie chart below) Example:

Are you willing to focus less on another area of ministry in order to focus more on this new area of ministry? _________


VI. SUMMARY

Use this space to write a short summary of all the above information. This will help you do the next section, in which you create a project plan with the specific tasks and people responsible in order to launch the ministry and accomplish the mission.

Example

Our vision is to have a ministry to the local arts community. The mission will be to form a relationship with local artists in order to bring them to Christ and provide opportunities for prophetic and artistic expressions for our artists. We will gather all the artistic and creative people and form a team to produce an arts festival open to the community. There will be an art gallery, music concert, dance and drama performances, and children’s activities. We will infuse the festival with prophetic ministry: psalm readings (share a Psalm and pray for the person), destiny readings (share about personal destiny and pray for the person), healing booth, etc. Support teams will include worship, sound, video, communications, evangelism, children’s ministry, etc. We will need to train all of our prophetic and artistic people in personal evangelism. And we need to develop prayer teams focused on this community. As follow up and continued ministry, we will develop an artist’s gathering once a month with open mic and other performance venues. We will form the team in Jan 2017, train the team in Feb, and plan the festival for June, with another possible festival/concert in a park in August.

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VII. HOW & WHEN: Project Plan

Now, in light of all of the preceeding work, define the specifics of how to accomplish the mission by creating a project plan with dates and who is responsible to accomplish each item. Estimate your start and finish dates. Put these in order of priority. If the project is big you might want to recruit a project manager to manage the effort, and use Microsoft Project or a similar app.

Think about the strategies and structures needed.

Refer to “Launching a Thriving Ministry” for the steps to launch this new ministry.

Definitions

Objectives: Longer range, achievable and measurable outcomes.

Goals: Shorter term, specific, measurable achievements.

Tasks: What are the concrete tasks

Objective 1

State the objective: Person responsible to accomplish this objective: Start Date:__________ Finish Date:__________

Goal 1

State the goal: Person responsible: Start Date:__________ Finish Date:__________

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VIII. Progress Tracker

Use this page to record your steps and progress as you complete each application section in the “Launching a Thriving Ministry” leader notes.

Identify

Recruit

Train


Launch

Support


Final Note

This document will change over time. You will develop multiple versions of this plan as you work with your people and as things change. Don’t’ get discouraged. This is a big task and it takes a lot of effort and prayer and faith to accomplish anything worthwhile, especially with opposition, which will surely come. Be like Nehemiah – a tool in one hand and a sword in the other, building the wall!

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