Welcome To Day Five

Birth: Finally!!

Day One Preparation:

Lifetime

Day Two Conception: Months 0-3

Day Three Prenatal One: 4-6

Day Four Prenatal Two: 7-9

Day Five Birth: 10-12

Public Launch

1st Trimester: Ministry DNA

• Nervous System– Mission– Vision– Values– Teams

2nd Trimester: Critical Mass

GATHERING– Prospecting– Networking– Bridging– Sneak Previews– Small Groups– Marketing

3rd Trimester: Structure

• DISCIPLE MAKING– Winning– Building– Equipping– Developing– Releasing

Healthy Birth & Beyond

• What are the critical startup ministries for a healthy, public launch?

Six Startup Ministries

1. Growth & Health

2. Worship

3. Assimilation

4. Technology

5. Children

6. Intentional Living

Startup Workbook

• What is your startup ministries plan?

Growth & Health 101

Question

• How will you create and manage change?

Plant Development Chart

Life Cycle Stage Timeline Growth Health

1. Preparation Lifetime 2 Foundations

2. Conception First Trimester 10 Dream Team

3. Prenatal One Second Trimester 40 Prospecting: “W”

4. Prenatal Two Third Trimester 80 Small Groups

5. Birth Fourth Trimester 120 Startup Ministries

Beyond Bootcamp

6. Growth - Maturity First Year 200 DM Classes: I/E

7. Reproduction Third Year Daughter Reproducing DNA

Planter Profile

1. Spiritual Leader

2. Missionary Leader

3. “V” Team Builder

4. Resource Developer

5. People Gatherer

6. People Developer

7. Ministry Developer

Leadership Pipeline

Self Team Leaders Systems

Informal to FormalOrganic to OrganizedSimple to Complex

Foundational Principle

• Healthy things grow• Growing things mature• Mature things reproduce• Reproduction produces change

You Have To Change

1. Conception Stage

• Power of One!

2. Prenatal Stage

• Change from Lone Ranger to Team Builder

3. Growth Stage

• Change from Team Builder to Coaching Team Leaders

4. Reproduction Stage

• Change from Coach to Franchise Manager– Reproducing Systems– Reproducing Teams

Transitions Are Painful

• Most days it is more fun to be a player than a general manager!

Three Planter Essentials

1. Intentional Living

– Regular Retreats– Extended Exposure– Reflecting & Refocusing– Prayer & Planning

2. Coach

• Bootcamp Coach• Next Level Coach

3. Peer Network

• The church planter who meets with a group of church planting peers at least monthly increases the odds of survivability by 135 percent.

Your Leaders Have To Change

1. Conception Stage

• Golf Team– Buddies– Doing Life Together– Having Fun?

2. Prenatal Stage

• Basketball Team– Awkward Size– Roles: Fluid– Star Player

3. Growth Stage: 100-500

• Baseball Team– Positions– Specialization– Higher Expectations– Volunteers- Pro’s

4. Large Church: 750+

• Football Team– Offensive Team– Defensive Team– Special Teams

Transitions are Painful

• Lose Leaders

• Pioneers leave because settlers have come

• Pros displace volunteers

Your Church Has To Change

1. Conception Stage

• Cat Church– Independence– Close Knit– Organic– Simple

2. Prenatal Stage

• Collie Church– Do you love me?– Need meet– Spontaneous– What calendar?

3. Growth Stage: 100-500

• Garden Church– Variety– Complexity– Calendar Planning– Work never done

4. Large Church Stage: 750+

• Ranch Church– Regional Vision– Long Range Planning– Outside Consultation– Major Impact– Decentralized Ministry

Transitions are Painful

• I don’t like large churches.

• It’s not the same anymore.

• I don’t know everyone.

Why Large Church?

• Irony: They are better at being small.

Key Growth & Health Insights

1. Power of Adjectives

2. Minimum Factor

3. Health Leads to Growth

• As soon as a church reached the 65% quality index in all eight essentials, quantitative growth resulted in all the churches we surveyed, without exception.

4. Pay Attention to Numbers

Health

Below Count Horizontally

Growth

Above Count Vertically

Breaking 100

Health

Trust

Growth

100• Pastors: Don’t trust

people with ministry.

• People: Don’t trust pastors with leadership.

Breaking 200

Health

Trust Intentionality

Growth

100 200

• Comfortable Size– Full time pastor– Basic programming

• Intentionality– Outreach– Assimilation– Training

Reproduction Barrier

Health

Trust Intentionality Harvest Vision

Growth

100 200 Reproduction

Beyond 200

Health

Trust Intentionality Harvest Vision Complexity

Growth

100 200 Reproduction Beyond 200

Four Growth Factors

Biblical

Mt. 13: Soils

Mt. 9: New Wineskins

Mt. 25: Talents I Cor. 3:6

Growth

Soil Equipment Skill Sovereignty

Passive vs. Active

What I Can Do

Cultivate Sharpen Develop Pray

Growth

Soil Equipment Skill Sovereignty

Our Identity

The End

Coaching Articles

Key Growth Books

Key Health Books