Mission Mid-AtlanticStrategic Plan2010 - 2011

Overview

Mission Mid-Atlantic is committed

to congregational

transformation to

establish healthy churches

that multiply more healthy churches.

Statement of StrategyDeveloping New Churches

Develop New Churches

We seek to regularly plant and

develop new local churches

of like identity and purpose.

Strategic View

Development of Process for Church Planting

Development of Pipeline for Church Planters

Development of Protocols

Development of Procedures for Churches and

Planters

Tactical View

Process:

Advertising/Marketing

Conference Exposure

Local Church Education

Financial Resources

Tactical View

Pipeline:Discovery of Planters- MMA Church Network

Referrals, Bible Colleges, Seminaries, Para-Church Associations, Ad-Hoc Connections.

Development of Planters - MMA Development and Education, Church Network, Bible Colleges, Seminaries and Para-Church Associations.

Deployment of Planters – Financial resources, people resources, ongoing resource commitment.

Tactical View

Protocols:

New Church Plants

Re-Planted Churches

Procedures:

Printed materials

Assessment tools

Goals 2010

Develop the Strategy

Develop the Tactics

See two new churches

planted

See two fading churches re-

planted

Statement of StrategyCultivating Church Leaders

Cultivate Church Leaders

We likewise seek to equip pastors and other church leaders with tools and resources that allow them to pursue excellence in ministry under the sovereign hand of God. We are committed to see systematic transformation that leads to health, growth, the making of new disciples and eventually congregational reproduction. We will accomplish this through a strategy that includes the following elements.

 

Why Have LEAD Teams?

To help pastors and other ministry leaders

grow in their understanding of leadership

To develop their effectiveness as leaders

For mutual accountability

For mutual support and encouragement

For friendship and fellowship

To become the incubators for church planting

What is a LEAD Team?

Peer to Peer Learning Community

Led by Ministry Practitioner Mentor

Meeting regularly for:

Learning

Encouragement

Accountability

Dreaming

Shape of a LEAD Team

Frequency (Typically monthly) Length of Meetings (Each cluster chooses

their preferred meeting day(s), times and model.)

Day and half model – “Town and Country Model”One day model – “Metropolitan Model”Half –day model – “Metropolitan Model” for “busy Type

A” pastorsVirtual meeting model – “Bridge line, GoToMeeting.com

and mini-cam Model Location

A single, regular meeting placeOr rotate through the locations of each cluster member

Statement of StrategyBuilding Healthy Churches

Building Healthy Churches

Using consultation, evaluation,

assessment and targeted tools,

we seek to assist member

churches in achieving and

maintaining church health.

Building Healthy Churches

What we do:

Pastoral Coaching

Leadership Consultation

Ministry Evaluation

Strategic Planning

Follow-Up

Connection with other resources

Lifestyle Stewardship Ministries

Building Healthy Churches

How we do it:

Phone and email

On-site visitation

Web-Ex

Go-to-Meeting

General help through the

Website/Blog

Building Healthy ChurchesLifestyle Stewardship Ministries:

Hold live seminars to teach basic lifestyle

stewardship principles that help individuals

understand how God has uniquely designed

them, how they fit into the puzzle of life and

how financial stewardship and estate planning

fit into God’s program

Work with churches to identify and train

coaches who will disciple individuals who desire

a biblical stewardship lifestyle.

Statement of Strategy

Assisting Pastors and Churches in Crisis

Assisting Pastors and Churches

A crisis can sometimes overwhelm a pastor or a

church. When invited, we come alongside

pastors and churches in crisis to help resolve

conflict, solve problems and restore healthy

relationships to the glory of God.

Assisting Pastors and Churches

Facilitate ongoing education on peacemaking

through training events.

Support church leadership by providing conflict

coaching or mediation in conflict situations.

Network with other like-minded churches to

encourage and support one another in promoting

and practicing Biblical peacemaking.

Accelerate the spread of peacemaking throughout

CBAmerica.

Mission Mid-Atlantic

PO Box 345, Clayton, NJ 08312

Web Site:

www.missionmid-atlantic.org

Phone: 856-881-8990

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