Welcome To Day Five
Birth: Finally!!
Day One Preparation: Lifetime
Day Two Conception: Months 0-
3
Day Three Prenatal One: 4-6
Day Four Prenatal Two: 7-9
Day Five Birth: 10-12 Public Launch
1st Trimester: Ministry DNA
• Nervous System– Mission– Vision– Values– Teams
2nd Trimester: Critical Mass
GATHERING– Prospecting– Networking– Bridging– Sneak Previews– Small Groups– Marketing
3rd Trimester: Structure
• DISCIPLE MAKING– Winning– Building– Equipping– Developing– Releasing
Healthy Birth & Beyond
• What are the critical startup ministries for a healthy, public launch?
Six Startup Ministries
1. Growth & Health2. Worship3. Assimilation4. Technology5. Children6. Intentional Living
Startup Workbook
• What is your startup ministries plan?
Growth & Health 101
Question
• How will you create and manage change?
Plant Development Chart
Life Cycle Stage Timeline Growth Health
1. Preparation Lifetime 2 Foundations
2. Conception First Trimester 10 Dream Team
3. Prenatal One Second Trimester 40 Prospecting: “W”
4. Prenatal Two Third Trimester 80 Small Groups
5. Birth Fourth Trimester 120 Startup Ministries
Beyond Bootcamp
6. Growth - Maturity First Year 200 DM Classes: I/E
7. Reproduction Third Year Daughter Reproducing DNA
Planter Profile
1. Spiritual Leader2. Missionary Leader3. “V” Team Builder4. Resource Developer5. People Gatherer6. People Developer7. Ministry Developer
Leadership Pipeline
Self Team Leaders Systems
Informal to FormalOrganic to OrganizedSimple to Complex
Foundational Principle
• Healthy things grow• Growing things mature• Mature things reproduce• Reproduction produces change
You Have To Change
1. Conception Stage
• Power of One!
2. Prenatal Stage
• Change from Lone Ranger to Team Builder
3. Growth Stage
• Change from Team Builder to Coaching Team Leaders
4. Reproduction Stage
• Change from Coach to Franchise Manager– Reproducing Systems– Reproducing Teams
Transitions Are Painful
• Most days it is more fun to be a player than a general manager!
Three Planter Essentials
1. Intentional Living
– Regular Retreats– Extended Exposure– Reflecting & Refocusing– Prayer & Planning
2. Coach
• Bootcamp Coach• Next Level Coach
3. Peer Network
• The church planter who meets with a group of church planting peers at least monthly increases the odds of survivability by 135 percent.
Your Leaders Have To Change
1. Conception Stage
• Golf Team– Buddies– Doing Life Together– Having Fun?
2. Prenatal Stage
• Basketball Team– Awkward Size– Roles: Fluid– Star Player
3. Growth Stage: 100-500
• Baseball Team– Positions– Specialization– Higher Expectations– Volunteers- Pro’s
4. Large Church: 750+
• Football Team– Offensive Team– Defensive Team– Special Teams
Transitions are Painful
• Lose Leaders
• Pioneers leave because settlers have come
• Pros displace volunteers
Your Church Has To Change
1. Conception Stage
• Cat Church– Independence– Close Knit– Organic– Simple
2. Prenatal Stage
• Collie Church– Do you love me?– Need meet– Spontaneous– What calendar?
3. Growth Stage: 100-500
• Garden Church– Variety– Complexity– Calendar Planning– Work never done
4. Large Church Stage: 750+
• Ranch Church– Regional Vision– Long Range Planning– Outside Consultation– Major Impact– Decentralized Ministry
Transitions are Painful
• I don’t like large churches.
• It’s not the same anymore.
• I don’t know everyone.
Why Large Church?
• Irony: They are better at being small.
Key Growth & Health Insights
1. Power of Adjectives
2. Minimum Factor
3. Health Leads to Growth
• As soon as a church reached the 65% quality index in all eight essentials, quantitative growth resulted in all the churches we surveyed, without exception.
4. Pay Attention to Numbers
Health
Below Count Horizontally
Growth
Above Count Vertically
Breaking 100
Health
Trust
Growth
100• Pastors: Don’t trust
people with ministry.
• People: Don’t trust pastors with leadership.
Breaking 200
Health
Trust Intentionality
Growth
100 200
• Comfortable Size– Full time pastor– Basic programming
• Intentionality– Outreach– Assimilation– Training
Reproduction Barrier
Health
Trust Intentionality Harvest Vision
Growth
100 200 Reproduction
Beyond 200
Health
Trust Intentionality Harvest Vision Complexity
Growth
100 200 Reproduction Beyond 200
Four Growth Factors
Biblical Mt. 13: Soils
Mt. 9: New Wineskins
Mt. 25: Talents I Cor. 3:6
Growth
Soil Equipment Skill Sovereignty
Passive vs. Active
What I Can Do
Cultivate Sharpen Develop Pray
Growth
Soil Equipment Skill Sovereignty
Our Identity
The End
Coaching Articles
Key Growth Books
Key Health Books