For pastors, church growth is an expectation. But what is more important, spiritual or numerical growth?
God’s design is that you would experience both.
Are you a pastor or church leader who asks, “What will it take to grow my church?” Do you find yourself believing the myths that you need a certain personality or particular styles of music to grow a church?
Growth occupies the minds of pastors, and most church leaders want to expand the size of their congregations and ministries. Yet, how does a church effectively measure its growth? The answer is impact.
Join speaker, author and pastor, Chip Ingram in the all-new monthly series on CCN, How to Grow a High Impact Church as he discusses twelve proven laws that, when applied, reap God’s blessings of both qualitative and quantitative church growth.
Chips states, “It has been my experience, having served as a pastor for over 20 years in congregations as small as 35 and as large as 4000, that real impact happens when these laws are implemented.”
This monthly series will give you and your leaders culturally relevant, practical tools to produce a spiritual circle of life in your church.
Topics in this 12-part course include:
2006
- The Law of Purpose (June 22) – Rediscover the importance of an ongoing commitment to both the great commission and the great commandment, and learn how to retain that focus.
- The Law of Expectation (July 13) – Status quo is not an option. Learn your direct role and function in church growth and what it takes to set the tone and attitude of your current congregation so they expect change.
- The Law of Design (August 29) – Train every member of your church to function as a minister by employing the timeless truths of Ephesians 4.
- The Law of Liberation (September 21) – Learn a new model to help people in your church discover their gifts and how to provide specific ways for them to be developed. Strategies including ongoing training need assessments and more will be discussed.
- The Law of Dependency (October 26) – Discover creative ways to implement spiritual vitality in your deacons, leaders and lay people to create dependency between all of you.
- The Law of Structure (November 30) – Learn how to see growth barriers before they occur, and find out how to break through them.
2007
- The Law of Inspiration – (January 25) Discover how to organize your service so that form follows spirit to encourage a meaningful worship experience: worship that breaks monotony and creates increased desire for corporate worship.
- The Law of Focus – (February 22) Find out how to lead with an outward focus. Learn how to identify and deploy those with a gift of evangelism. Discover vital elements of evangelism that will lead to an increase in your membership.
- The Law of Community - (March 22) Rediscover the importance of moving people from large worship settings into multiple small groups to foster spiritual growth, connectivity and intimacy within your church.
- The Law of Intentionality – (April 26) Learn to think, plan and develop ministry with clear goals and a strategy to fulfill your vision.
- The Law of Love – (May 24) Learn how qualitative factors in the life of the church over are more important than any quantitative factors. Find out how warmth, laughter and hospitality create a vital “culture” which will ultimately increase your numerical growth.
- The Law of the Kingdom - Develop kingdom relationships with other pastors and churches that are like-minded on major issues to make a greater impact in your community and around the world.
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Invite your leadership team and other pastors to explore the keys to developing maximum impact in your church and community!
Chip Ingram is President of Walk Thru the Bible Ministries, Inc. and teaching pastor of Living on the Edge, Walk Thru the Bible's international broadcast ministry. Chip’s vision is to be a catalyst for changing how people think about God, how pastors think about preaching, how churches think about their communities, and how everyday believers live out their faith at work and at home. He is the author of seven books including Holy Ambition, I Am with You Always, and Love, Sex & Lasting Relationships.
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