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Introduction to the Innovative Leadership Project
Craig Kennet Miller
©2015 Discipleship Ministries of the United Methodist Church
The ILP starts with a simple idea, “If you want to change your church, first you have to change yourself.”
What is the Innovative Leadership Project?
• It’s a seven-month leadership development process for local church teams
• It teaches teams how to generate ideas and to develop growth strategies
• It has a congregational development mindset:
It looks at the whole system of the congregation and how it connects to its members and the people who live in the community where the church is located.
What is essential for vitality? At the heart of a vital congregation is a team of people who truly care for one another, who pray for each other, and who seek God’s wisdom and grace in all they do. Because they trust each other they are willing to ask the hard questions that lead to transformation.
Worship Small Groups
Missional Outreach
Genera5onal Ministries
Leadership Team
Leadership • Values • Rela5onships • Ac5ons
Spirituality • Prayer • Worship • Witness
The Innovative Leadership Project gives leaders in a local church an opportunity to grow in their spiritual life as they learn the art of leading a church.
What makes the ILP Different?
• A congrega5onal survey is taken by selected members of the church
• Results show areas where
the church needs to improve
• Church focuses its resources on fixing the areas that need improvement
Assessment First
What makes the ILP Different?
Team First • A leadership team commits
to learn, pray, and work together for 7-‐months
• The team learns a set of tools for leader development and strategic planning
• The team takes an assessment of its ministries and uses the tools it has learned to develop and implement successful strategies
Discovering Your Spiritual
Gi5s
Roles of Innova9on
Demographics by Walking Around
SeBngs For Ministry Inventory
ILP Toolkit
(Paragraph 62, p. 70 in the 1996 Book of Discipline)
1. In which spiritual discipline(s) do you want to grow?
__ Weekly worship __ Daily Bible reading__ Daily prayer__ Frequency of communion:
__ Weekly __ Monthly __ Other__ Service to others__ Fasting or abstinence__ Tithing/Giving__ Family prayer
Other:
Tip: How does your church teach & mentor people in these disciplines?
Wesley’s Means of Grace
•The public worship of God•The ministry of the Word, either read or expounded•The Lord’s Supper•Family and private prayer•Searching the Scriptures•Fasting or abstinence•Christian conferencing
Spiritual Life Ques5ons
2. What is your plan for your continued spiritual growth and development?How do you connect with God?
__ Day apart__ Worship __ Meeting with a prayer partner or coach__ Family prayer__ Daily devotion
Other: ________________________
How are you connecting with others?
__ Time alone with spouse or friend__ Focused time with your children__ Regular connection with extended family__ Prayer or accountability group__ Time with friends outside of church
Other: _______________________
What arts feed your soul?
__ Playing a musical instrument or singing__ Writing __ Drawing __ Cooking __Dance__ Gardening ___Acting ___Other:______
How are you taking care of your body?
__ Walking/running __ Active in a sport__ Healthy diet __ Yoga/Pilates
Other: ______________________
Spiritual Life Ques5ons
• A Local Church Innovative Leadership Project (ILP) Team made up of the pastor and key leaders commits to pray, learn, and work together for seven months.
1. • The ILP Team attends Four ILP Seminars at its
church or joins other church teams hosted by a Conference, District, Cluster, or group of churches which meet every other month.
2. • The ILP Team meets between the seminars to
implement new projects as individuals do weekly MyWork assignments and participate in monthly TeamWork sessions.
3. • In seven months the ILP Team will learn how to
innovate and will complete the ILP Church Assessment as they implement new strategies. 4.
The Innovative Leadership Project Process
Seminar 1: Values Focuses on the values that underlie your ministry and introduces concepts and principles around innovation.
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Seminar 2: VAPàIT (the ILP goal setting tool) Introduces the VAPàIT, a goal setting tool that has been used by churches of all sizes to invigorate existing ministries and to start new ones that enable the church to connect with its community.
Seminar 3: Discipleship System Focuses on the four drivers of church vitality: Pastoral Leadership, Leader Development of Laity, Small Groups, and Transformational Worship. Introduces H.O.P.E – the core process of congregational life:
Hospitality Opportunity Purpose Engagement
Seminar 3: Discipleship System Focuses on leader development of laity and the drivers of change related to worship, small groups, and pastoral leadership.
Seminar 4: Futurecasting ILP Team takes the ILP H.O.P.E. Assessment and starts developing a strategic plan for the future. 20 Congregational Systems focused on: - Hospitality - Opportunity - Purpose - Engagement
Training for different kinds of churches • Churches who are looking for a way to develop a
leadership team
• Churches that are in the first year of an appointment
• Churches who want to work on their VitalSigns goals • Smaller congrega5ons that want to revision their ministries
• Large churches that want to develop common goals to unite
staff and laity in mul5ple teams
For District and Conference Training The Innovative Leadership Project is perfect for districts and
conferences that want to develop teams in local churches who can effectively vision for the future and implement missional strategies that connect with their communities.
Churches in an area can be gathered together to participate in the ILP Seminars. The district or conference provides the seminar leaders, sets up the location, and works with the host church to provide hospitality.
Why Multiple-church Groupings?
• Churches learn from one another
• They discover how they can work together to minister to a community or region
• They challenge each other to improve
• It develops accountability
Step 1: Set Your Dates Seminar Topics
September Launch
November Launch
January Launch
Values
September
November
January
VAPàIT
November
January
March
Disciple System
January
March
May
Future-‐cas5ng
April
May
July
Each seminar is four hours long – you can hold this on Saturday morning, Sunday aSernoon, even do an evening session during the week. Go to www.ILPUMC.com and click on Schedule Maker for more info.
Step 2: Identity your Site • Host Church that is central to the other churches in their group • Large room where people can sit at tables • LCD projector, Computer,
Screen, PA system with Mic • Provide snacks • 4 hour time frame
Step 3: Select your Seminar Leaders
As you prepare for the first ILP Seminar, you will need to identify two seminar leaders to lead the seminars for all the churches.
Seminar leaders will need access to the Internet to receive training via the lLP Webinars. Webinars are scheduled throughout the year and seminar Ieaders can access an online database of webinars which they can view on their own time.
As an additional resource, the lLP Kit includes the lLP Seminar Leader Guidebook which has notes for each slide and instructions for how to Iead the seminars.
Step 4: Invite Churches to Join
• Invite them to go to www.ILPUMC.org to watch the Introduc5on for Local Churches Video • Download the ILP Overview PDF and share with leaders in the churches
• Make personal invita5ons to the pastors of the churches you wish to invite
Step 5: REGISTER YOUR CHURCH & ORDER THE ILP KIT
Registration for the ILP is $249.00 per church. With registration churches receive the ILP Kit which includes:
• 10 Copies of the lLP Guidebook • Access to the ILP Toolkit • The ILP Seminar Leader Guidebook • Link to the ILP Seminar Leader Webinars
Additional copies of the Innovative Leadership
Project Guidebook are available for purchase.
Two Registration Options For Groups
1. Register as a group and order enough ILP Kits for each church
2. Ask the Churches to register individually and order the Kits themselves Register at www.ILPUMC.org
Registra5on is $249 per church
and includes the ILP Kit Please order two weeks in advance!!!
