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Barriers to moving to the next level: Spiritual Issues
• Unconfessed sin hampers the Spirit's work.• Unconfessed sin consumes growth energy.• Unconfessed sin hinders body life.• Neglect of devotional life. • Ignoring the reality of spiritual warfare.• Failure to put on the whole armor of God.• Question: How are we going to deal with
this issue in the life of this church?
Leaders tied to unproductive work.
• Pastor/Planter and church members' time is limited.
• Pastor/Planter and church members' time and energy often misspent.
• Pastor/Planter and church members' time use should be analyzed, appropriately invested.– Whatever the church does must be evaluated on a
regular basis, and this takes place under the lens of its vision/purpose –Aubrey Malphurs
No growth mentality
• Don't expect church to grow• Will not work here
• Don't want church to grow• Comfortable
Ratio and Ministry Mode
• In Effective Church Leadership, Kennon Callahan says
• 70% C I (turned inward) to 30% C II Maintenance ministry mode
• 30% C I (turned inward) to 70% C II Missional mode
Two critical questions:
• 1. How many C I and C II leaders do we have? What is the ratio?
• 2. How many C I and C II leaders do we need to enlist and train?
RiskTakers
CareTakers
UnderTakers
31%
On Average, the last Five yearsOklahoma Baptist Churches,
23%
46%
No plans for growth.
• Churches with no plans• Budget just for inflation
• Churches with maintenance plans
• Churches with growth plans
Churches tend to fall into three groups.
.Organization and program
limitations.
• Organization fixed
• Resistant to new units,
• Unrelated to vision, values, mission
• Doors closed to outsiders
Members not mobilized or equipped to be on mission.
• Mentality that sees ministry is for clergy.
• Giftedness of members ignored
• Members seen as spectators and supporters.
Organizational Issues.• Cells division (See Appendix A)(See Appendix A)
– Cell (s)– Congregation (s)– Church
Internal structure of a single cell church
Key Family or FamiliesKey Family or Families
Deacons Youth
Mission group
Sunday SchoolChoir
???
Churches in transition
SmallChurchCharacteristics
Medium Church
LargeChurch
Characteristics
Transition period begins
Rubber Rubber Band effectBand effect
McIntosh’s Typology of Church SizeFactors Small Church Medium Church Large Church
Size 15-200 75-400 100 +Worshipers
• Orientation Relational Programmatical Organizational • Structure Single cell Stretched cell Multiple cell• Leadership Resides in Resides in Resides in key families committees select leaders• Pastor Lover Administrator Leader• Decisions Made by made by made by staff
congregation committees and leaders Driven by Driven by Driven by
History changing needs vision
Decision Making Climate
Small Church Medium Church Larger ChurchSmall Church Medium Church Larger ChurchEmotional (a mixture)
RationalSubjective
ObjectivePopular MeritInformal FormalFamily
Leaders
McIntosh’s Typology of Church SizeFactors Small Church Medium Church Large Church
Size 15-200 75-400 100 +Worshipers Staff Bivo or single pastor and Multiple staff
pastor small staff• Change Bottom up Middle out Top down
through key through key through key
people committees leaders• Growth Attraction Program Proclamation
Patterns model model through through key through ministry word of mouth
relationships
McIntosh’s Typology of Church SizeFactors Small Church Medium Church Large Church
Size 15-200 75-400 100 +Worshipers
• Growth Small Church Inadequate Poor assimilation Obstacles image facilities - Ineffective Inadequate Increased
evangelism staff bureaucracy- Inadequate Inadequate Poor
programming finances communication - Downward Poor admin- Loss of vision
momentum -istration - Ingrown Increasing Lack of
member fellowship complexity care
• Important questions• 1. Are we willing to keep groups growing?
• 2. Do we see need to begin new cells?
• 3. Are we willing to begin new groups--formal and informal?
Normal patterns & plateaus of growth & decline (Appendix B)
Appendix B
800
400
750-850 6 or 7 cong.
200
350-400 3 cong. 450-700 mem.
115
175-225 range 2 cong. /6 cells 301-450 mem.
65
90-150 range 1 cong. /3 or 4 cells 176-350 mem.
35
45-86 range 2 cells small cong. 100-175 mem.
15
5-50 range 1 cell 0-99 mem.
3-25 range
PLATEAUS OF GROWTH AND DECLINE cong.=congregation/s mem.=membership
Normal patterns & plateaus of growth & decline
• 3 -25 Range (Breaking the 15 Barriers )
• 5 – 50 Range (Breaking the 35 Barriers)
• 48 – 86 Range (Breaking the 65 Barriers)
• 90 – 150 Range (the 115 Barriers)
• 175 - 225 Range (the 200 barrier)