How do you measure the impact of a growing church movement in the slums on community engagement and transformation? Some markers and models.

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Holistic Slum Discipling Movements
Various Frameworks to Evaluate
Healthy Movement Growth and
Holistic Engagement that leads to
Societal Transformation in sync
with the Kingdom of God.
Viv Grigg

2. Understanding the Goal of the Great Commission (Matt 28:18-
20, Isa 42:1-4)
 Disciple the Nations
=Bring the Nations under the
authority of the King
= Bring Justice to the Nations
 The Means:
Heal the Wounded, Fan the
Flames of those dimly
burning
Evangelize, Teach, Baptize
Groups of Disciples = Churches

3. Goal and Objectives
 The Goal is not incarnation
 The Goal is not evangelism
 The Goal is not a church
 The Goal is not a movement
of churches
 The Goal is the coming of
the Kingdom to the slums
 The Goal is communities of
faith transforming the
communities
 The intermediate objective is
evangelism, cells, churches,
projects
3

4. Overarching Holistic Urban Church Movement Objectives
3
Level of
Operation
Goal Indicator
1.Community Mission: Communities of Incarnational workers
Evangelism: Effective evangelism
Church Planting: A healthy gathered church with
leadership, with cells, with large group worship
2.Citywide Slums Movements: A movement of healthy holistic
churches
Community Engagement: Engagement by healthy
churches with the socio-economics of the slum
Transformation: Movements of churches
transforming slum community values, culture &
structures
3. Formal City City Transformation: Movements of churches engaging
and transforming formal city structures and culture

5. Urban Transformational Indicators
The following lists fit as subsets within these three main categories

6. Having all these in
place is a necessary
but not sufficient
condition for health

7. 8 Signs of Healthy Organic Church Growth
Go to Natural Church Growth Website for an expansion
of these ideas and ways of measuring them
If these 8 are well
developed the
Holy Spirit will be
present in love
and power

8. Evaluating the 80 Steps to Plant a Church
 Go to 80 Steps to Plant a Church and discuss
each step

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Phase 1.Entrance
1
Done Outcome Indicator
☐ The Anointing of the Spirit (Luke
4:18)
Signs & Wonders
☐ The Season of Intercession Seasons of Fasting
☐ The Identification of an Area Rationale for
identification
☐ The Surveying of an Area Documentation of
Spiritual dynamics,
sin dynamics, need
dynamics, resources

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Phase 2:
Evangelism
Workflow
Style of Evang What you will do? Target
Date
Priority
Presence
At the
school
On the
sports field
or ….
Prayer Evang
Bless
People
Power
Proclamation
Public
Literature
Radio,
Jesus Film

11. Phase 3: Structural Progressions for a
Churchplant
Present No. or
Future Start Date What is being done?to do?
Contacts
Cells
Converts
Celebration
Congregation
Community
transformation

12. Phase 4. Social Integration
5
Check
-list
Process Indicator
Kids to Youth to Mothers to Men
Extended Family House Churches
Drinking Men’s Bible Studies
Integrate Smaller Groups Socially
Outings, Birthdays, Social Activities
Social celebrations move to worship
Plant 5 cells per church, then link them
Plant 5 churches at a time, then link them

13. Phase 5. Discipleship Processes
6
No. Processes Indicator
Completed 25 Discipleship Lessons
Fulfils 7 Characteristics of a Disciple See profile
Completed 10 lessons Economic
Discipleship course
Completed 5 lessons Social Discipleship
course
Completed 5 Lessons Political
Discipleship Course

14. 6. Lay Leadership Development
7
No. Activity Indicator
Cell churches as a context for emerging leadership
Elders - spiritual ministry (pastor, teacher, evangelist,
prophet, apostle)
Deacons - meeting physical needs
a. Engaged in social work - widows, orphans, lame,
blind, deaf ….
b. Trained Community development leaders
c. Small business trainers – electronics, tailoring,
pig-raising, garment production etc.
d. Savings & loan cooperative

15. Pastoral Leadership Development
Characteristic Indicators
Builds momentum
Clear vision and admin of goals
Pastors needy people
Solves conflicts
Raises up leaders
Has secure and accountable
financial base (employment,
funding)
Exercises discipline
One of the people
Has respect of community
8

16. Cash Flows in Healthy Slum Church Growth
See Cash Flows in a Holistic Churchplant Power Point
9
Effective partnership with NGO’s has to do with appropriate levels
and foci of the funding agency related to the phase of need
The primary church needs are not community projects.

20. Evaluative Grid for Engagement at Each Phase of the Four Seasons
Disciple Basic
Labourer
Spiritual
Father/
Mother
Convert Beginning
Disciple# of

21. 7 Characteristics of a Slum Disciple?
 Puts Christ first in all areas of life (Luke 14:26-33; Matt 6:33), and
separates from sin.
Spiritually
Socially (Luke 14:26)
Economically (Luke 14:33)
 The Word of God is food and authority (John 8:31)
 Fellowships regularly with other believers showing love and unity
(John 13:34,35)
 Growing in devotion to Christ, and developing a prayer life (John
15:7)
 Growing in Christlike character (John 15:16)
 Witnessing regularly (John 15:16)
 A learner, open and teachable (Matt 28:18-20)

22. Level 2: Healthy Slum Movement Dynamics
Quality Indicator
Apostolic/Prophetic/Admin Leadership
Clarity of Vision and Goals
Healthy Admin Structure
Sustainable Funding Flows
Holistic Theology
Effective Leadership Training
Consistent Evangelistic/ Cell Group Growth
Consistent Patterns of Socio-Economic
Engagement

23. Level 3: Evaluating Citywide Church
Engagement with Culture
No Sector Name:
Kingdom Principles Identified
Vision & Values Developed
Leader and Cadre Developed
Institution to Give Leadership
Issues/Forums/ Events
Small Group Structure
Evangelistic Impact
Cultural Impact
Rate each
progression from 1
to 5
See Transformation Network Web

24. Evaluating Church Engagement with
National Millenium Development Goals
* End Poverty and Hunger
* Universal Education
* Gender Equality
* Child Health
* Maternal Health
* Combat HIV/AIDS
* Environmental
Sustainability
* Global Partnership
1 Are all of these within a
Christian commitment?
2 Are these or other goals
priority for the churches?
3 Which of these are priority?
4 Which of these are feasible
for the churches?
5 What development issues
not here, have a higher
priority for this group of
churches
It is dubious that these agendas are the most important for local churches
MDG website

25. Some Other Models

26. Servant Partners 8 Indicators
 How do these inform the above
lists?
 Do the above lists give better
evaluations of healthy holistic
church and movement growth?

27. 8 Signs of a Transforming Community
•Reproducing, transformational communities of Jesus-
followers (Jesus Communities)
•Increased Civic Participation for the Common Good (Civic
Good)
•Improved Accessibility to Life-Enhancing Education
(Lifelong Learning)
•Expanded Opportunities to Achieve Economic Sufficiency
(Wealth at the Bottom)
•Increased Spiritual and Psychological Health and Freedom
from Destructive Patterns (Push for Freedom)
•Increased Family Health and Well-Being (Whole Families)
•Improved Environmental and Community Health (Health
for All)
•Presence of political, economic, and legal systems that
work for the poor (Systems that Work)

28. World Vision Transformation Indicators
These are here as an alternative model, clearly framed around
child sponsorship (which is a Kingdom activity) rather than
derived from the central themes of the Kingdom of God and
the centrality of the local church See more at TransformWorld