Planning Strategy
Autor: Joshua • November 13, 2018 • 1,589 Words (7 Pages) • 456 Views
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- Proposed Budget – The budget is more so on the manpower side of having proper leadership carry out the following initiatives that deals with new people to the church and new believers to the church.
-Starting your Journey (New people who are “saved”) - This begins with proper introduction to the life of the church. It is essentially an “infomercial” to vision and direction for people to begin to own the local church.
-New Believer Process (New people in Faith) - This is the process for those that come to Christ. Theology and understanding in the basics of faith are critical for people to stick. This has to do with leading a new believer into a full devoted lifestyle serving Christ as their Lord.
-Small Group Systems – the goal of retention and the convergence of the first two culminates into a life into the community of the church. Relationships, as we see with Christ, is critical in retention. People come where there is excitement and STAY where there is love.
*The practical cost of these systems will be in the admin side of the church and a staff pastor at the helm. So we are looking at $12 an hour for 20 hours of Admin and an additional $50 an hour for the pastoral side for 20 hours.
- List of Deliverables – We believe that we will be able to deliver a system that will solidify relational discipleship within our local churches. In doing, so we will be more effective in living by our mission, vision, and values, thus helping people grow into disciples who have a vibrant relationship with Jesus and their faith community. We believe that we will increase the retention rate to at least 35% within the period of one year.
- Disclaimers – The biggest disclaimer is the reality of the real effects being measured of years and not just simply months during the duration of the class. Also, metrics can provide great indications of certain pieces of retention by don’t always give 100% accuracy. For example: the reason a person doesn’t “stay” at a church isn’t always a bad thing. If there is not like-mindedness in vision, then the result of people staying is not healthy. The goal is not to “keep” everyone, but rather to “find” those that grab ahold of vision. Lastly, sometimes people don’t come to a church or stay at a church for reasons that are uncontrollable. For instance, in my ministry someone wouldn’t come to church (even though they liked the church) because they didn’t like someone at the church. The best implementation and strategy cannot solve this.
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