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Happy NEW YEAR!
New Year’s RESOLUTIONS1. Lose WEIGHT 2. Get ORGANIZED 3. Save MONEY 4. Fall IN LOVE 5. Be With FAMILY
Make the Resolution
Identify the Barriers
Adopt a New Approach
rethink:CHURCH
Church RESOLUTIONS1. Grow in COMMUNITY 2. Grow in OUTREACH 3. Grow in SPIRITUALITY 4. Grow in STABILITY 5. Grow in PROGRAMS
Spiritual SEEKERS“Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and we have come to worship him.”
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Matthew 2:2
Spiritual SEEKERS“In the days to come, the house of the Lord will be raised above the hills, and there shall all the nations flow; many peoples shall come...”
. Isaiah 2:2-3
Spiritual SEEKERS“Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Lift up your eyes and look around; they all gather together, they come to you;”
. Isaiah 60:3-4
Growing CHURCHES
Family Pastoral Program Corporate
Make the Resolution
Identify the Barriers
Adopt a New Approach
Identify the BARRIERNot a Lack of Desire Not a Lack of Prayer Not a Lack of Love
Not a Lack of Facilities
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Identify the BARRIERSmall Churches Are Small Because
They Act Like Small Churches
Shepherd vs. RANCHER
Shepherd
Shepherd vs. RANCHER
Rancher
Pastoral
Program
75-‐150
150+
Seeker
Seeker
A Tale of Two Churches
Make the Resolution
Identify the Barriers
Adopt a New Approach
Adopt a NEW APPROACH
Leadership : a New APPROACH
Congregation : a New APPROACH
Old APPROACHSmall Churches Are Small Because
They Act Like Small Churches
New APPROACHGrowing Churches Grow Because They Act Like Growing Churches
rethink:CHURCH