Natural Church Development
Church Health Team Meeting Report
Sunday September 30, 2007
Members Present: Terry Goodman, Rita Pauley, Willie Lowe, Justin Douthat, Barbara Nash, Rev. Kathy Hale, Rev. David Brannock.
In the meeting led by the Church Consultants, we selected the 5 issues that we feel need to be addressed in the coming year to help us begin moving towards a Gift Based ministry at the church.
One issue that we must address is the issue of communication. We broadly defined this as, “What we are going to do during 2008…” We felt the need to establish a timeline of goals, plans and activities that and communicate those to the congregation.
A second issue is that of Education. We have broadly defined this as informing people about the topic of Gift Based Ministry.
A third issue is that of Training. This was broadly defined as helping people do what they are gifted to do through service to the church.
A fourth issue is that of Affirmation. We need to find appropriate ways to recognize the service that people do provide to the church and let them know that we appreciate what they do for the kingdom.
The fifth issue is that of Assimilation. We realize that what we are trying to do is to change the very nature of the way that we do church. We need to assimilate not only our current members into a new way of thinking but we must also assimilate newcomers into the philosophy of how we do church.
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