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Call To Action Overview
This document outlines a plan to develop vital and healthy congregations through revitalizing existing congregations, starting new congregations, and changing church culture and processes to better support congregational vitality. It discusses engaging key leaders and the congregation through prayer, worship, study and response to discern a church's core values and guiding beliefs in order to change culture and reach the unchurched. Resources provided can help local churches increase their vitality by implementing best practices and developing a ministry plan focused on making disciples and transforming the world.
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Call To Action Overview
- 3. To make disciplesfor Jesus Christ by equipping and empowering congregations to become vital and healthy congregations in their communities and in our world.Our Mission
- 5. Plan of ActionDevelopingvital congregationsRevitalizing existing congregationsStarting new vital congregationsBut also changing the culture of our ministries - to bring about transformation and revitalization.
- 6. “Radical, deep andstrategic change is needed in order for the United Methodist Church to align our culture and structures and processes in ways that support vitality in congregations,” Bishop Gregory Palmer.
- 7. Today you willhearHow your local congregation can increase its vitality through the best practices of the 16 Vitality DriversHow your local church can increase its potential for making disciples of Jesus Christ.
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- 10. Call to Action:Our ChallengeTHE CRITICAL ADAPTIVE CHALLENGE:To redirect the flow of attention, energy, and resources to an intense concentration on fostering and sustaining an increase in the number of vital congregations effective in making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. (p. 14)
- 11. STEP 1: CongregationalPre-PlanningEngage Key LeadersPRAYRecruit Ministry TeamWORSHIPAttend C2A TrainingSTUDYHow will you engage the congregation?RESPOND
- 12. Discern Your Church’s“Hidden” Core ValuesMISSIONVISIONVALUESBENEATH THE SURFACETRUE GUIDING BELIEFSCHURCH CULTURE“ETHOS”
- 13. Change the Cultureof the Local ChurchTo Reach The Unchurched
- 15. Vital Congregations areeverywhere!
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- 17. Changing Your ChurchCultureCracking Your Church’s Culture Code: Seven Keys to Unleashing Vision and InspirationCulture Shift: Transforming Your Church from the Inside Out
- 18. bwcumc.org/ministries/calltoactionThe Baltimore-Washington ConferenceWebsite offers resources and links to assist in developing your Call to Action Ministry Plan:
- 19. Ministry Plan (Guidelinesand Template)
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- 21. Training Videos byBishop John Schol
Editor's Notes
- #3 Share a story about a person whose life has been transformed through Jesus Christ!
- #5 We are running out of timeIt is God’s time and we are here for just such a time as this.LIVES ARE BEING LOST AND WE SIT INSIDE ON SUNDAY MORNINGS AND WONDER WHY THEY DON’T COME IN.Are you ready to seize the moment?
- #9 Towers Watson studied all of the UM congregations in the US. Based on relative growth in AWA, percentage of children, youth, and young adults attending, professions of faith, missional giving,
- #20 A website that is designed to be a resource for all leaders in The United Methodist Church that is simple, user-friendly and easily accessible. Has three components that will help congregations see their church history – assess their current church health and develop and set-goals for their future. The website has links to a multitude of resources that will allow leadership easy access to tools equipping them for church vitality and health.
- #21 Learn how MissionInsite can help you with the most…flexible web based information systemcomprehensive socioeconomic and lifestyle datainteractive mapping platformresponsive system to answer your individual questionsstrategic information resource for ministryvalue and benefit for your financial investment