creating the environment for growth the 8 essential qualities of natural church development
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- Creating the Environment for Growth The 8 Essential Qualities of Natural Church Development
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- 8 Essential Quality Characteristics Leadership Ministry Spirituality Structures Worship Small Groups Outreach Relationships Empowering Gift-based Passionate Effective Inspiring Holistic Need-oriented Loving
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- Empowering Leadership
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- Leaders train others for the ministry, rather than just doing it themselves Not just the clergy, all leaders enable others. Mentoring, equipping, coaching On-the-job training Apprentice leaders developed
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- Super
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- Gift-based Ministry
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- Members are helped to identify their gifts Gifts, passion and personality matched to ministries Joy and fulfilment in serving
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- Passionate Spirituality
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- Hunger for God Strong in Prayer Personal spiritual disciplines Holiness, obedience
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- Passionate Spirituality Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you: pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself, and so bring us at last to your heavenly city where we shall see you face to face; through Jesus Christ our Lord. CW Collect 17 th Sunday after Trinity
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- Effective Structures
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- But I love our traditions!
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- Effective Structures All ministries have goals Flexibility Willing to change able to adapt Serve the ministries
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- Inspiring Worship
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- Psalm 122:1 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord.
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- Holistic Small Groups
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- Worship Bible Study Fellowship Prayer Service Outreach
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- Holistic Small Groups A group that is small! Ministering to each others felt needs: spiritual, emotional, physical, social Using spiritual gifts Bible application Multiply
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- Need-oriented Outreach
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- Aware of the felt needs of the community Ministries meet felt needs Members able to effectively share their faith Services accessible to visitors New believers assimilated
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- Loving Relationships
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- Atmosphere of joy and trust Forgiving and Fun Affirmation and encouragement Prayer for one another
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- 8 Essential Qualities Empowering Leadership Gift-based Ministry Passionate Spirituality Effective Structures Inspiring Worship Holistic Small Groups Need-oriented Outreach Loving Relationships