PCEA THIKA TOWN CHURCH

STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2020

PREAMBLEThe PCEA Thika Town Church Strategic Plan summarizes what we intend to accomplish in the five years period, 2015-2020, and how we shall direct the Church resources towards accomplishing the set strategic priorities. The key goal of this Strategic Plan is to strengthen the capacity of the Church to serve our members and achieve our vision and mission.

The Strategic Plan will also seek to achieve the Church’s self-sustainability

in key components of ministry’s service delivery, finance, management and governance, human resource, information technology, and infrastructural development.

ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY

VISION STATEMENT

To know Jesus CHRIST and make HIM known.

MISSION STATEMENT

A church that displays the love of Christ, bringing people of all

walks of life to Him through creative services, discipleship

and outreach.

CORE VALUES

Inclusion

Spiritual Transformation

Stewardship

Creativity and Innovation

Self-reliance

Integrity, Transparency and

Accountability

Discipleship and Mentorship

Teamwork and Unity of Purpose

Upholding Family Values

Democratic Governance

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONSTRATEGIC PRIORITY AREAS

1.Finances

2.Infrastructure and Facilities

3.Technological Development

4.Leadership

5.Internal Governance and

Management Systems

6.Quality of Worship7.Church Ministries8.Structured, Progressive and Inclusive Outreach Ministry

9.Retention, Discipleship and Mentorship Programmes

10.Security

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND GOALS

A. WORSHIP

GOAL 1

To create an extra-ordinary and spirit filled worship experience.

OBJECTIVE

To create a gathering point of worship that equips the believer and builds an overcoming church.

B. OUTREACH AND MISSION

GOAL 2

To develop an outreach and mission

ministry that is multi-generational

with the objective of soul winning

and disciple making within the

parish and beyond.

OBJECTIVE

To improve church outreach and mission opportunities through evangelism in order to reach out to the community and enhance church growth.

C. SPIRITUAL FORMATION

GOAL 3

To design a comprehensive

spiritual formation program.

OBJECTIVE

To prepare, energize and sustain the congregation with a life of spiritual formation.

D. CHURCH MINISTRIES

GOAL 4

To promote an inclusive, strong and empowered different church ministries for the service of God and humanity.

GOAL

To establish a progressive and integrative children ministry.

a)CHILDREN MINISTRY

OBJECTIVES

1.To develop best possible programmes and

curriculum that discovers and utilizes

children’s gifts and talents and offers spiritual

foundation.

2.Increase children’s participation in worship

and other co-curricular activities.

b) YOUTH MINISTRYGOAL To raise a vibrant and active youth ministry that will impact lives and offer active leadership in the church.

OBJECTIVE

To establish a strong youth ministry that is all inclusive and progressive with a global impact for Christ.

c) WOMEN MINISTRY

GOAL

To establish a women’s ministry that

loves God passionately, disciples and

addresses the spiritual, emotional,

psychological, physical and social needs

of women, church and community. 

OBJECTIVE

To establish a women’s ministry that would preach, nurture, facilitate and reach out to the community as they address societal needs.

d) MEN MINISTRYGOAL To unleash the potential of men to serve God and mankind with all their talents, treasures and resources.

OBJECTIVES

To support the spread of the gospel and fostering Christ centered fellowship among men.

e) MINISTRY TO PERSONS WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES

GOAL To create an environment that is inclusive of people differently abled and to offer platforms for their participation in the church and to have their issues addressed.

OBJECTIVETo be sensitive to and accurately represent the views of persons differently abled and to involve them in church activities.

F. SOCIAL MINISTRYGOAL 5To create social ministry opportunities for small groups and church wide events that will engage people of all ages.

OBJECTIVE

To engage people in social events, special events and friend raising events that provides a sense of fellowship among participants resulting in deeper faith and stronger commitment to the vision and mission of the church.

G. LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN RESOURCE

DEVELOPMENTGOAL 6

To recruit and retain a diverse group of servant

leaders and competent human resource who will

lead a broad base of ministry opportunities and

effective service delivery across all areas of the

church based on the Practices and Procedure of

the PCEA church.

OBJECTIVE

To realize a visionary, innovative and transformative leadership framework that is visible, open and transparent. To adopt best human resource management practices in the service of the church.

H. FINANCE, PLANNING AND

DEVELOPMENTGOAL 7

To realize increased revenue for a sound fiscal health, long term sustainability of development projects and maintenance of existing facilities of the church.

OBJECTIVE1.To adopt sound financial plan that maintains best financial practices and support development initiatives.

2.To attain a parish status in the next two years.

I. STEWARDSHIP

GOAL 8To be good stewards of resources and talents.

OBJECTIVE

To adopt more effective and creative ways of stewardship.

J. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

GOAL 9 To adopt and maintain

technological infrastructure that would support the core functions, mandate and raise visibility of the church.

OBJECTIVE

To provide and maintain modern information and communication technology that would be incorporated into worship and service delivery.

k. GOVERNANCEGOAL 10 To maintain an efficient and systematic

governance structure that provides effective oversight of the vision, mission, and financial operations of the church guided by the Strategic Plan and in line with the Practice and Procedure of the PCEA Church.

OBJECTIVETo develop effective, equitable, transparent governance and management systems/frameworks in all units of the church.