A "Farm System" for Realizing Our Vision

1. Preparing the soil (1st 3 months)
1. Communicate:
  1. Vision to Elders
    1. Obtain blessing and full support
      1. For vision implementation
      2. For staff level coordination
      3. Allocate admin support
    2. Brainstorm: How will we measure success?
      1. Where are we?
      2. Where are we going?
      3. Key milestones
      4. 1 year
      5. 3 years
      6. 5 years
  2. Vision to Staff
    1. How will it affect their ministries?
    2. What will be expected of them?
  3. Vision to congregation
    1. Sunday mornings
    2. Print materials
    3. Additional web emphasis
2. Connect with Christ
  1. RJ & JE develop
    1. Foundational principals
      1. Christ's indwelling life
      2. The Cross
      3. God's Eternal perspective
    2. Spiritual disciplines
  2. Not a program - our ongoing leadership culture
    1. Weekly teaching in larger group(s)
    2. Growth and application through triads
      1. Coaching
      2. Prayer
      3. Care
      4. Accountability
    3. An eye toward the next generation of leaders
3. Connect in community
  1. Agree on final set of leadership profiling tools
    1. Temperament
    2. Motivational roles
    3. Spiritual gifts
    4. Leadership style
    5. Participation style
    6. Spiritual maturity
    7. Ideal ministry role
      1. Current
      2. Future potentials
  2. Ongoing prayer for new generation ("G2") of key lay leaders
  3. Pastor finalizes coaching of Josh and Scot, begins coaching remaining staff
  4. Prepare our leaders for a focused Eph. 4:11-12 culture
  5. Coaching training completed for Loren and Joseph
  6. Loren and Joseph begin coaching elders
  7. Ensure staff, elder and deacon profiles completed
  8. Profiles of all potential G2 leaders
  9. Using profiles, begin identifying leaders for...
    1. Ministry support
    2. Generational and cultural support
    3. Potential elders
    4. Potential deacons
  10. Sermons, ABF's and small groups "drive home" the Eph 4:11-12 vision
    1. God's desire for His church
      1. Body of Christ built up
      2. Unity in the faith
      3. Fully mature
      4. Knowledge of Jesus
      5. His whole measure of fullness is available to us
      6. Active participation by all
    2. Interwoven with Matt 28:18-20 vision (below)
    3. The power of true fellowship
      1. What it is
      2. Love and care
      3. Service
      4. Encouragement
      5. Exhortation
      6. What it's not
4. Connect to Culture
  1. Vision implementation team ("VIT") established
    1. Rick John
    2. Scot
    3. Josh
    4. John
  2. VIT begins to paint the "all generations/all cultures" picture
    1. Understanding worldviews
    2. Brainstorming re: reaching all generations
    3. Brainstorming re: reaching all cultures
    4. Study the make-up of the community around us
  3. Sermons, ABF's and small groups "drive home" the vision
    1. Educate about the worldviews in our communities
      1. Why is understanding worldview important?
      2. Christians seen as hypocrites (often w/good reason)
      3. "Christian-ese" is unintelligible
      4. Christ died for them
      5. You, not the "professionals," are called to reach them
      6. Modernism vs post-modernism views
      7. About God/religion
      8. About man
      9. About the world around us
    2. Series on Matt 28:18-20
      1. Christ's authority
      2. Go and make disciples
      3. Teach them to obey
      4. He is with us! (His indwelling life)
    3. How we as a church plan to equip the body
      1. The athlete's mindset
      2. The warrior's mindset
      3. Basic, effective evangelism
      4. Our church a "greenhouse" for love, life and health
    4. Interwoven with Eph. 4:11-12 vision (above)
2. Sowing the seeds
1. Communicate: Congregation continues to be reminded of vision and direction
2. Connect with Christ
  1. All leaders fully engaged
  2. Evident spiritual health & growth
  3. Reproducible for future leadership gens
  4. Available to all congregants at some level
3. Connect in Community
  1. Elder coaching completed
  2. Elders begin coaching G2
    1. G1 deacons
    2. G2 elder prospects
  3. Staff coaching completed
  4. Staff begin coaching G2
  5. VIT begin coaching G2
  6. G2 coaching completed
  7. Pray for the next gen. ("G3"") of leaders
  8. Connecting points presented to congregation
  9. Sermons continue to "drive home" the vision
  10. G1 and G2 trained and equipped for impact
    1. Systems for health & growth
    2. Ministerial design
    3. Strategic planning
4. Connect to Culture
  1. VIT outlines pathway for reaching all cultures/all generations
  2. Congregation shown pathway for impact
  3. Tools are given for impact
3. Sustaining Growth & Health
1. Connect with Christ
  1. G1-G3 leaders all engaged in "Connect with Christ" culture
  2. Others identified and brought in as well
  3. Our John15 vision is becoming a reality
2. Connect in Community
  1. G2 engaged in implementing ministry plans
  2. G3 leaders identified by G1 and G2 leaders
  3. G3 leaders coached by G2 leaders
  4. Internal ministry analysis
    1. No sacred cows
    2. Why do we do what we do?
    3. More effective approaches?
    4. Fully integrated with vision?
  5. Additional opportunities for growth in smaller groups
3. Connect with Culture
  1. Understanding our community
  2. Serving our community
  3. Relating to our community
  4. Sharing Christ with our community
  5. Equipping new believers for impact
  6. Our vision is becoming a reality
4. Reproducing & Multiplying
1. Connect with Christ
  1. All engaged in "Connect with Christ" culture
  2. New attenders invited on the journey
2. Connect in Community
  1. an irresistible culture of discipleship
    1. Recruiting
    2. Assimilating
    3. Equipping
    4. Interdepending
    5. Mobilizing
    6. Sending
  2. All serving according to giftedness and calling
3. Connect with Culture
  1. Multiplication of disciples
  2. Church plants
  3. Neighborhood Bible groups
  4. Other?