Description
This web resource, a slide presentation, will help congregational leaders take their team through a discernment process regarding current and future ministries and evaluate the congregation's capacity to sustain them. In this resource, right-sizing is seen as the spiritual practice of pruning applied to the ministries of the church. It is framed as a means to health and fruitfulness and not as failure or decline. This resource gives people a common language, shared opportunities to talk about ministries, and a methodology to evaluate and make decisions together.
Features
- Small group exercises
- Role playing
- Discussion questions
- Next steps
- Scriptural basis
- 5-step process
Practical Applications
- Gather together with your leadership team and use this tool to prune for growth, assessing current and future ministries for sustainability.
- Using the guidance suggested in this resource, talk with your ministry team about how to end programs well once they are identified. Be prepared by learning about the possible natural reactions your team can expect when these difficult decisions are made and shared.
