Designing a #ReimagineCHURCH Journey

[Reimagine Curator]

Designing a #ReimagineCHURCH Journey

Every congregation/ministry/group must "be transformed by the renewing of their (corporate mind-set ... So that they begin to pray with and make-disciples who live according to the goo, -fulfilling, perfectly-suited will of God,"  (Romans 12:2)

Components applicable to congregations/ministries experiencing:

• Plateaued or declining attendance
• Apathetic leadership
• Mission drift (confusion, disinterest)
• Changing neighborhood demographics
• An interim season between full-time pastors
• Beginning as a new church plant
• The need for revising as a step toward reviving

The components of a congregational/corporate reimagine-journey:

• A Strategy of Prayer:
  • For our church to seek the discernment and direction of the Holy Spirit
  • For our leaders to collectively yield to the mind of Christ
  • For our membership/participants to receive a daily filling of the Spirit
  • For our people to respond to neighbors  with the heart of Father God
• A SWOT Assessment
  • Strengths: Our calling in Christ; Spiritual Gifting, Resources-Facility-Location
  • Weaknesses: Blindspots, Fears, Resources-Facility-Location
  • Opportunities: Neighborhood diversification, Community needs-issues
  • Threats: Our decline-apathy-enemies
• All-The-Church Gatherings
  • A Conversation with Our Leader (an evening of prayer - Worship)
  • A Conversation with Our Leadership (questions, comments, prayer)
  • A Conversation with One Another ("Who are you?" - Fellowship)
  • ...consider beginning with a meal
• Special Sunday Service Focus (a week-by-week, monthly rhythm)
  • The Word - devoted to teaching a story or text from Scripture
  • The Table - devoted to celebrating our salvation from Jesus
  • The Truth - devoted to applying a promise from Scripture to our life
  • Body Life  - devoted to worship: psalms, hymns, scriptures, sharing
• Sermon Series
  • #ReimaginePRAYER... from the prayers to the Ephesian church 
  • #ReimagineDISCIPLESHIP...from the teachings of Jesus
  • #ReimagineCHURCH... from the "one another" commands in scripture