God always deserves our best! Our physical, families’, and church
health are critical to doing His work here on earth.
Healthy equipping churches focus on…
1. Servanthood
Culture
The staff and the leadership of the church embody, teach, equip
and model a servanthood culture. They understand and respect that, in order to
live in a biblical church, we have to live-out Christ’s ministry of
servanthood.
2. Leadership
Leadership drives, models and sustains the values and the biblical
directives of an equipping church.
3.
Comprehensive Discovery
Comprehensive discovery looks at the uniqueness of every person in
the church. Not simply their gifts, but rather in concert with
their skills, passions, and experiences, which call them to a specific
area of ministry. Do your discovery processes help people grow into
who God created them to be?
4. Intentional Organizational Systems
Systems that serve and support all issues of the church from
discovery, to stewardship, to retention, to assimilation, to pastoral care, to
ministry inside and outside the walls of the church.
5. Ministry
Alignment in the Expression of Service
People and ministries align with the servanthood culture
and community connections of the church. Wherever people are gifted
and called, there must be opportunities both within and outside the church for
them to thrive and grow.
Now identify the challenge areas and develop some strategic
plans to move forward during this year. The months ahead could bring strength and renewed health to your
church and the community it serves. Amen?
