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Session One

• How Culture Impacts the Way We Do Church Today?

• What about co-habitating couples?
• What about children out of wedlock?
• What about multi-cultural relationships?
• What about the new family emerging?

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Can Our Kind of Church Save Our Kind of
World?-Findley Edge
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Our Mission and Present Reality
Church Culture
Postmodern/Secular
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Matthew 2819-20
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How Culture Impacts Your Church

• What are the shifts occurring in your culture and
  context?
• How are those shifts impacting your church?
• What adjustments are called for?
• Who can help move you forward?
• By when?

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Cultural Value Shifts

• Aging of Baby Boomers
• Graying of America
• 5-7 Generations Present
• Diversity of Personal Preferences
• Clash of values and preferences
• Paid and volunteer staff overwhelmed

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The American Church in Crisis?From Rev. Magazine
3-4/08 pg.55f

• From 1990-2006 attendance in Christian churches
  has remained constant. In 90 about 20.6 of the
  population was in church on any given weekend.
  Today only 17.3 are in worship. If current
  trends continue by 2020 that figure will drop to
  14.7 of American. 85 will be staying away from
  church. Pg. 55

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The American Church in CrisisMar/Apr. 2008 Rev.
Magazine

• Mainline protestantism began its decline in
  1965. From 2001-06 attendance loss accelerated 6
  times greater than 90s.
• Evangelical Protestantism In 2000 9.2
  attended worship. By 2005 that number had
  declined to 9.1
• Article by David Olson and Bob Smietana of the
  American Church Research project

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Session 2

• Dealing with Generational Distinctives?
• Who/What drives your church today?
• Who are your primary leaders today? Tomorrow?
• How does this impact your leadership and
  preaching style?

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Discovering the Influence of Generational
Distinctives

• What drives your church today?
• What are the unique generational distinctive in
  your church? Community?
• What is negotiable and non-negotiable for you?
  Your church?
• How is that working for you as you exist within
  your cultural context?

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Session 3

• Managing the Present while Birthing the Future
• Creating Win Win Scenarios Through Leadership

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Phases of Disciplemaking

• Come See
• John. 138-39
• Come and Follow Me
• Mark 116-17
• Come Be With Me
• Mark 313-14
• Come Abide in Me
• John 154
• Chart in Spiritual Leadership in a Secular Age,
  pg. 97

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Moving Forward in Effective Ministry

• What are the opportunities and potential to be
  grasped?
• What are your next steps?
• What will you take away from this seminar?

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Mission or Maintenance?
How many pastoral visits have been made? How many disciples are we making?
If this proves upsetting to any of our members, we wont do it. If this will help us reach someone on the outside, well take the risk.
How will this affect me? Will this increase our ability to reach those outside?
We have to be faithful to our past We have to be faithful to our future
Id like to introduce you to some of our members Wed like to introduce you to our pastor.
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Tips for Transformation

• Consider decentralizing the church
• Empower lay leadership teams
• Move from institutional care to valuing personal
  call
• Create partnerships
• Help congregation understand shifts
• Create networks for lifelong learning

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Ministry in the Transition

• Managing the Existing Ministry Structures/Needs
• Birthing the New for the Post Modern World

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