Leadership Team Introduction

What will it take

for our church

to fulfill our

mission?

Mobilizing Healthy,Reproducing Churches

Leadership Team Introduction

… “All authority in heaven and on earth has beengiven to me. Therefore go and make disciples of allnations, baptizing them in the name of the Fatherand of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teachingthem to obey everything I have commanded you.And surely I am with you always, to the very end ofthe age.” Matthew 28:19-20

Jesus has commanded the church…

But you will receive power when the Holy Spiritcomes on you; and you will be my witnesses inJerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and tothe ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8

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We want to see every church healthyand having significant kingdomimpact!

We know you do too.We know you do too.

The real question is…how?The real question is…how?

We call it Mobilization!

A mobilized church is one which has ashared vision and effectivestrategies for impacting itscommunity and the world byreproducing disciples,

leaders and congregations.

We want to see every churchWe want to see every church

a Mobilized church!a Mobilized church!

The Retool Kit mobilization pathway canhelp a church refocus and revitalize itsoutreach and ministry…

Why is this necessary?Why is this necessary?

Because churches,like every livingthing, have a lifecycle!Because churches,like every livingthing, have a lifecycle!

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

Outwardly Focusedmarked by:

•Vision

•Risk

•Harmony

•Unity

Outwardly Focused Marked By:

•Solution/growth-oriented

•Creative planning

•High morale

•Faith

•Think as a team

CHALLENGE:

Structure!

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

Outwardly Focused marked by:

•Structure – serves ministry

•Flexible and changeable

•Simple

•Leads to the future

Maintenance

Outwardly Focused marked by:

•Evangelism

•Discipleship

•Leadership development

•Cooperation

•Achievement

•Risk/sacrifice

•Faith/innovation

•Growth

CHALLENGE:

Leadership!

CHALLENGE:

Structure!

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

Inwardly Focused markedby:

•Serves bureaucracy

•Rigid and changeless

•Complex

•Looks to the past

CRISIS:

Control!

CHALLENGE:

Structure!

CHALLENGE:

Leadership!

Inwardly Focused marked by:

•Obligation

•Accomplishments

•Relaxes faith

•Tradition

•Evangelism optional

•Safety

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

CRISIS:

Control!

Inwardly Focused marked by:

•Differences

•Division

•Low tolerance

•Intense conflict

CRISIS:

Blame!

CHALLENGE:

Leadership!

CHALLENGE:

Structure!

Inwardly Focused marked by:

•Problem-oriented

•Survival-oriented

•Paralysis

•Low morale

•Allocation planning

•Doubt

•We’ve never done it that waybefore!

•Think as individual

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

Where are you on the lifecycle?

What will it take to keepmoving the church in aforward, missional way?

Two critical

questions:

CHALLENGE:

Structure!

CHALLENGE:

Leadership!

CRISIS:

Control!

CRISIS:

Blame!

Typical Life Cycle Responses

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

CRISIS:

Control!

CRISIS:

Blame!

•Create new POLICIES

•Develop new PROGRAMS

•Change PERSONNEL

In reality, we need todiscover a freshPURPOSE

CHALLENGE:

Leadership!

CHALLENGE:

Structure!

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

This becomes a“window ofopportunity” tohelp the churchrediscoverGod’s plan foritself.

Further downFurther down

More difficultMore difficult

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

The key is forthe church toperiodicallyrevisit and refineits mission andvision.

Maturity

Growth

Birth

Maintenance

Decline

Death

Life Cycle

The key is forthe church toperiodicallyrevisit and refineits mission andvision.

That’s wherethe Retool Kitcan help!

The Retool Kit gives you asix-retreat pathway…

…complete with all theassessments and planninghelps necessary to craft aneffective vision and strategies.

Renewing:

•Leaders

•Community

•Biblical urgency

Vision:

•Discerning

•Communicating

•Implementing

Church and Community

Assessments

IMPACT!

Each retreat can be held at thechurch*

Friday evening

• 6:00 Light supper

• 6:30 First session

• 9:15 Finished for day

Saturday morning

• 8:00 Light breakfast

• 8:30 Second session

•12:00 Finished for day

*Or another suitable meeting place

The Retool Kit is based aroundtwo biblical questions:

…complete with all theassessments and planninghelps necessary to craft aneffective vision and strategies.

Renewing:

•Leaders

•Community

•Urgency

Vision:

•Discerning

•Communicating

•Implementing

Church and Community

Assessments

IMPACT!

The Retool Kit is based aroundtwo biblical questions:

Can we become a “Jerusalemchurch” and model thequalities found in Acts 2?

Renewing:

•Leaders

•Community

•Urgency

Focused and devoted

Leadership directed

Experiencing the power of God

Having authentic community

Experiencing God-given growth

The Retool Kit is based aroundtwo biblical questions:

Vision:

•Discerning

•Communicating

•Implementing

Can we become an“Antioch church”

(Acts 13) and effectivelychange our world?

Discerning a vision from God

Discovering “new territories” for ministry

Developing new leaders to serve the kingdom

And then translates thoseanswers into action:

We take what we have learned anddevelop three-year written plans designedto maximize our strengths at the points ofgreatest community opportunities!

IMPACT!

And then …

We translate theplans intoaction!

IMPACT!

All this work is done with aVision Community

20 to 25 leaders in the church

What is a Vision Community?

“The vision community is a diverse group of keymembers who become a committed andtrusting community in order to discern andimplement God’s vision for the congregation.”

from Leading Congregational Change