SimpleChurch
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If people only come to a service, they can drop out w/o anyone knowing. When people move to a group, they become known and stick.
7:35 AM Dec 2nd
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As you are seeking to move people through your process, always consider the "now what?" Seek to move people farther along.
1:41 PM Nov 30th
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Designate a clear entry-point in your process. This will be the program through which people are most likely to enter your church.
5:48 AM Nov 24th
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Simple church leaders abhor the concept of doing programs simply because of tradition or the need to have something on the calendar.
11:30 AM Nov 23rd
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God has designed spiritual growth to be a process. Simple church leaders have chosen to partner with God in this process.
12:03 PM Nov 19th
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The most important way you help people understand the ministry process is by living and doing what you are asking them to live and do.
9:47 AM Nov 17th
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For the simple process to become woven into the identity of the church, it must be discussed frequently. Consistency brings clarity.
12:39 PM Nov 16th
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When defining your ministry process, determine what kind of disciple you wish to produce in your church.
12:28 PM Nov 13th
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A clearly defined process encourages people to progress through it b/c they know the expectation. People cannot embrace the ambiguous.
8:33 AM Nov 12th
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To be simple you have to eliminate the unnecessary. Most of the things you eliminate will be good things. The key is to choose the best.
8:29 AM Nov 11th
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Church leaders must have the single-mindedness of the apostle Paul who said, "One thing I do" (Phil. 3:13).
8:38 AM Nov 10th
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Simple churches have a clearly defined process designed to move people to higher levels of commitment.
8:23 AM Nov 9th
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Focus is the commitment to abandon everything that falls outside of the simple ministry process. It takes deep conviction and guts.
5:45 AM Nov 5th
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Alignment is essential to being a simple church. Without alignment, complexity is certain.
5:37 AM Nov 4th
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Alignment is the arrangement of all ministries and staff around the same simple process.
7:00 AM Nov 3rd
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There should be a plan to move a person from a worship service to a small group...from observer to contributor. This is called movement.
5:40 AM Nov 2nd
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Clarity is the ability of the process to be communicated and understood easily by the people. Understanding always precedes commitment.
12:38 PM Oct 30th
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These four elements enable leaders to have a simple church: clarity, movement, alignment and focus.
8:19 AM Oct 29th
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A simple church understands that people are at different places in their spiritual journey, that spiritual growth is a process.
7:31 AM Oct 28th
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If the goal is to keep certain programs going, the church is in trouble. The end result must always be about people.
5:15 AM Oct 27th
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- Name SimpleChurch
- Location Nashville, TN
- Web http://www.lifewa...
- Bio Bestsellling book on simplifying the church
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