Leadership for the OutwardFocused Church Leadership Workshop Indiana

Leadership for the Outward-Focused Church Leadership Workshop Indiana UMC Conference CCHPRCNSTWorkshop 040813

Introductions • Name • How long have you been attending here? • What service? (If multiple worship times)

Core Purpose Our purpose today is to understand how our world around us is changing and to contemplate the changes necessary in order to stay relevant.

Objectives • To consider how cultural changes impact the 21 st century church. • To begin to contemplate what it will take to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world in the 21 st century. • To consider where your church is in the life cycle of its history. • Understand the key components of the weekend consultation process • How do these objectives sound to you? ”

Why is this so hard?

Did You Know? Use media player as it messes up in ppt

How does I Cor. 9: 19 -23 apply to us today? • 19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

How does I Cor. 9: 19 -23 apply to us today? • What does it mean to you to “be all things to all people? ” • For what purpose? • What might this look like for your church? Be specific.

First Culture Shift • We have moved from Fellowship to Social Media.

First Culture Shift But that is only a small fraction of what is out there is cyberspace.

First Culture Shift • How are you developing relationships with new people? • One challenge we have in many churches is we have too much fellowship and not enough hospitality. “What is the difference? ”

First Culture Shift • We must realize the message is sacred, the form or style is not.

Change Happens Are you expecting them to adapt to the way things are done in the church, or are you adapting to the current culture? ”

Second Culture Shift • We have moved from an Attraction mode to a Networking mode. United Methodist Church Pastor Susan Worship times 9: 15 and 11: 00

Third Culture Shift • We no longer are in “Christendom”, we now live in a Secular Nation.

Third Culture Shift Spirituality vs. Religion NONES – (video) Almost three-fourths of 18 to 29 year -olds agree they’re more spiritual than religious. (USA Today October, 2010)

Who to Trust? ? I like Jesus ! I’m not sure about the church!

Third Culture Shift The “day to worship” has become a “day to play. ”

Changes In Our World 1950’s • Flourishing, growing churches Today • Declining, dying churches • Two-parent families • Many forms of family • Authority not questioned • Everything is questioned • Denominational Era • “Big-Box” church Era

• Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy assassinated (JFK was in ‘ 63) • Civil Rights Movement • Role of Women • Vietnam War

Today • Personal Computers / Internet • The World Is Flat • Social Networking • Christianity Moving South

Systemic Obsolescence • Systems used in the ‘ 50 s & ‘ 60 s • Structures of churches and denominations

Systemic Obsolescence • Systems used in most of our churches were designed in the 50 s and 60 s • Our systems are designed to get what they get. • Need to move from a membership system (caring for our members) to a missionary system (reaching the lost).

The Way We “Do Church” is Changing • Attendance (every week to twice a month) • Meetings (Used to be times of fellowship) • Committees to Teams (People are more interested in action than reports. ) “What are some other examples you have seen of changes for the way we “do church? ”

Generational Differences • Builders (1915 -30) • Piano & Organ • Silents (1930 -45) • Electric Organ • Baby Boomers (45 -65) • Bands • Baby Busters (65 -82) • Acoustic Guitar • Millenials (82 -2000) • ipod/hard to define • Generation Z (2000>) • ? ? ? / too early to tell

Maintenance Growth Birth Maturity Decline Death

Church Life. Cycle V = Vision R = Relationship P = Program S = Structure

Church Life. Cycle • Vision In the area of vision there are three main elements: • Mission – why a congregation exists; its purpose. It is important to note that congregations on the downside do not change until they become OUTWARD focused! • Vision – where the congregation is going; motivation to make necessary changes to move from downward to upward. • Values – boundaries that guide the congregation; will reflect the focus of the congregation (inward or outward).

Church Life. Cycle • The ability for people to develop relationships with others in the church is crucial for changing the lifecycle of a congregation • People are not looking for friendly congregations, they are looking for a congregation where they can make friends! Everyone needs a place where they are accepted and valued for who they are, not what they do.

Church Life. Cycle The purpose of programs in a congregation is to: • Help disciples mature • Aid disciples in the making of more disciples

Church Life. Cycle There are two major questions that constantly need to be asked of all programs in a church to ensure that the best programs are in place: 1. How does this program contribute to an outward focused mission? [Does it attract new unchurched/de-churched people? ] 2. Is this program growing? [Is God rewarding our efforts by bringing new people through this program? ]

Church Life. Cycle • Our goal through programs should be to convert consumers into committed disciples of Jesus Christ. There is one program that is not assumed culturally from our churches but is demanded for health and growth…. Leadership Development!

Church Life. Cycle 1. The church needs leaders to fulfill the instruction found in Ephesians 4: 10 -13 to grow and to mature. And the One (Jesus) who climbed down is the One who climbed back up, up to highest heaven. He handed out gifts above and below, filled heaven with his gifts, filled earth with his gifts. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher to train Christians in skilled servant work, working within Christ's body, the church, until we're all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God's Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ. (The Message)

Church Life. Cycle For any congregational structure system to be effective three major things must happen: 1. The leader must be growing and developing as a leader while developing more leaders. • The growth of any organization is in proportion to the leaders being developed.

Church Life. Cycle For any congregational structure system to be effective: 2. Leadership must reflect how work gets done— responsibility, authority, and accountability. • Groups do not lead and cannot be held accountable, therefore the focus must always be on individuals to lead and be held accountable. .

Church Life. Cycle For any congregational structure system to be effective three major things must happen: 3. The Pastor/Leader must turn the ministry of the congregation over to the laity (equip the saints to perform it) and they must turn the leadership of the congregation over to the pastor/leader. • Staff members lead their ministries and manage the programs to produce healthy, growing disciples and in turn a healthy, growing congregation.

Consultation on the up side

Intervention on the down side.

UMC Church 1997 -2011 Workshop Presenter – This is an example of what this looks like. Cut and Paste or make a chart to reflect the church’s attendance for 15 – 20 years.

Growing, Healthy Churches… • Externally focused with good deeds and the Good News linked together • See themselves as vital to the health & well being of their communities • Believe Christians grow best by serving & giving themselves away to those in need • Are evangelistically centered & believe in authentic following of Jesus Christ

The more things change the more they remain the same. 18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. “ (Matt. 28: 18 -20)

Weekend Consultation • Friday – interviews / focus group • Saturday – leadership focus group / congregation training / prescription prep • Sunday – service / reading of report FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

s n o i t s e Qu