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

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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 star when it rose and we have come to worship him.”

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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 shall come...”

. 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 together, they come to you;”

. 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 Love

Not a Lack of Facilities

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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 Churches

Make the Resolution

Identify the Barriers

Adopt a New Approach

Adopt a NEW APPROACH

Leadership : a New APPROACH

Congregation : a New APPROACH

Old APPROACHSmall Churches Are Small Because

They Act Like Small Churches

New APPROACHGrowing Churches Grow Because They Act Like Growing Churches

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