Part 2Taking South Shore

Community Church to…

THE NEXT LEVEL

WHAT IS OUR CURRENT LEVEL AS A CHURCH ?

Life Cycle of a Church

Church Plant

Rapid Growth

Plateau

Decline

Stagnation

Cycle

WHERE ARE WE IN 2010 ?

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EmergingChurch

GrowingChurch

ConsolidatingChurch

DecliningChurch

DyingChurch

LEADING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STAGES

• Leader you have to look out the windshield, not the rearview mirror, to go forward. – James Taylor

LEADERSHIP TYPES

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EmergingChurch

GrowingChurch

ConsolidatingChurch

DecliningChurch

DyingChurch

CATALYZER

CATALYZER

• A Catalytic leader is a person who has the ability to bring something into being that didn’t formerly exist

• In the business world is called an Entrepreneur

• They express ideas in very simple ways

• 2% to 3% of all leaders

LEADERSHIP TYPES

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GrowingChurch

ConsolidatingChurch

DecliningChurch

DyingChurch

CATALYZER

ORGANIZER

ORGANIZER

• Has the ability to take a disorderly organization and bring the pieces together maximizing the resources.

• They are multitaskers that juggle numerous programs, concerns and demands.

• 10% to 15 % of all leaders

LEADERSHIP TYPES

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ConsolidatingChurch

DecliningChurch

DyingChurch

CATALYZER

ORGANIZER

OPERATOR

OPERATOR

• They like to manage stable congregations by making small changes and maintaining systems at work.

• They do things correctly rather than doing the correct things. This leader loves reports, meetings and procedures

• An operator maintains or declines a Church but never grows much.

• 75% to 80% of all pastors

LEADERSHIP TYPES

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DecliningChurch

DyingChurch

CATALYZER

ORGANIZER

OPERATOR

REORGANIZER

REORGANIZER

• When a Church enters in decline this leader is needed to refocus for the future.

• They are able to please long time members but simultaneously build a new congregation within the old wineskin.

• 5% of all Church Leaders

LEADERSHIP TYPES

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DyingChurch

CATALYZER

ORGANIZER

OPERATOR

REORGANIZER

SUPER REORGANIZER

SUPER REORGANIZER

• Has the same skills of the Reorganizer but has the ability to revive things by radical change

• Rebirth needs desperate measures and this leader is willing to take risks.

• 1% to 2% of all Church Leaders

BREAKING THE DECLINING CYCLE

RENEWAL

CONSTANT RENEWAL

WHAT IS OUR CURRENT LEVEL AS A CHURCH ?

NEXT WEEK….

•How to create growth cycles•Feedback Loops…positive and negative