rethink church: breaking 150
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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