rethink church: breaking 150

Happy NEW YEAR!

New Year’s RESOLUTIONS1. Lose WEIGHT

2. Get ORGANIZED

3. Save MONEY

4. Fall IN LOVE

5. Be With FAMILY

Make the Resolution

Identify the Barriers

Adopt a New Approach

rethink:CHURCH

Church RESOLUTIONS1. Grow in COMMUNITY

2. Grow in OUTREACH

3. Grow in SPIRITUALITY

4. Grow in STABILITY

5. Grow in PROGRAMS

Spiritual SEEKERS“Magi from the east

came to Jerusalem

and asked, “Where is

the one who has been

born king of the

Jews? We saw his

Matthew

2:2

Spiritual SEEKERS“In the days to come,

the house of the Lord

will be raised above

the hills, and there

shall all the nations

flow; many peoples

Isaiah

2:2-3

Spiritual SEEKERS“Nations shall come to

your light, and kings

to the brightness of

your dawn. Lift up

your eyes and look

around; they all gather

Isaiah

60:3-4

Growing CHURCHES

Family Pastoral Program Corporate

Make the Resolution

Identify the Barriers

Adopt a New Approach

Identify the BARRIERNot a Lack of

Desire

Not a Lack of

Prayer

Not a Lack of

Identify the BARRIERSmall Churches

Are Small

Because They Act

Like Small

Churches

Shepherd vs. RANCHER

Shepherd

Shepherd vs. RANCHER

Rancher

Pastoral

Program

75-150

150+

Seeker

Seeker

A Tale

of Two

Church

es

Make the Resolution

Identify the Barriers

Adopt a New Approach

Adopt a NEW APPROACH

Leadership : a

New APPROACHCongregation :

a New

APPROACH

Old APPROACHSmall Churches

Are Small

Because They Act

Like Small

Churches

New APPROACHGrowing

Churches Grow

Because They Act

Like Growing

Churches

rethink:CHURCH