1. Develop a Defining Vision

3. www.vitalchurchesinstitute.com

4. The Acts 16:5 Initiative
Moving from Membership to Discipleship
Seminars – concepts of Vision Team – meets with the
transformational and pastor and within the umbrella of
missional ministry – for the Church Council to consider
pastors and congregational ways to apply Acts 16:5 concepts –
teams comprised of
imaginative, initiative-
taking, respected people.
Pastor Clusters – groups
of four or five pastors that
Support from the district and the
meet for Word-Share-
Vital Churches Institute team.
Prayer and to offer
mutual encouragement
and accountability

5. Ministry Design Module 1

10. recline
incline decline

11. Recline
Incline Decline

13. Russ Crabtree has conducted extensive survey work with mainline
congregations. He reports, “From the research conducted with
thousands of members in hundreds of churches, on average only 55
percent of members are clearly satisfied overall with what is happening
in their church. By comparison, over 85 percent of members in an
average community are satisfied with their public library…
In transformational churches, over 80 percent of members are clearly
satisfied with what is happing. The data shows this cannot be simply
dismissed as the delusions of a self-satisfied organizational narcissism.
These churches have members who are open and hospitable to one
another, who are broadly involved in the decision-making of the
church, who experience inspiring and transformational worship, who
are engaged in significant ministry opportunities in the church and to
the world, and who overwhelmingly affirm that the church has given
new meaning to their lives. The Fly in the Ointment: why denominations aren’t
helping their congregations… and how they can, pp 16-17.

14. The Six Things a Church Must do Well…
No Matter What
1. Vital Worship
2. Lifelong learning
3. Spiritual formation that fits complex lifestyles
4. An open leadership system
5. Quality Relationships
6. Flexibility

16. This Is Generation Flux
(The Fast Company 1/9/12)

17. Flux is not merely “change.”
Flux is continuous change.

18. Some things are not in flux!
The Love of the God who
Sustains us
The love of the people of
God who encourage us
Our love for those to
Whom God sends us

19. Yet many things are in flux!
DJ Patil explains, "There are sometimes
when you can predict weather well for
the next 15 days. Other times, you can
only really forecast a couple of days.
Sometimes you can't predict the next two
hours." The business [and ministry]
climate, it turns out, is a lot like the
weather. We've entered a next two-hours
era.

22. Michael Marquardt

23. Shift from your present hopes for your
congregation‟s future to the high
expectation that God has a
transformational future for your church.

26. www.vitalchurchesinstitute.com

27. The Acts 16:5 Initiative
Moving from Membership to Discipleship
Seminars – concepts of Vision Team – meets with the
transformational and pastor and within the umbrella of
missional ministry – for the Church Council to consider
pastors and congregational ways to apply Acts 16:5 concepts –
teams comprised of
imaginative, initiative-
taking, respected people.
Pastor Clusters – groups
of four or five pastors that
Support from the district and the
meet for Word-Share-
Vital Churches Institute team.
Prayer and to offer
mutual encouragement
and accountability

28. Recline
Incline Decline

30. The Six Things a Church Must do Well…
No Matter What
1. Vital Worship
2. Lifelong learning
3. Spiritual formation that fits complex lifestyles
4. An open leadership system
5. Quality Relationships
6. Flexibility

31. Yet many things are in flux!
DJ Patil explains, "There are sometimes
when you can predict weather well for
the next 15 days. Other times, you can
only really forecast a couple of days.
Sometimes you can't predict the next two
hours." The business [and ministry]
climate, it turns out, is a lot like the
weather. We've entered a next two-hours
era.

32. Michael Marquardt

33. Shift from your present hopes for your
congregation‟s future to the high
expectation that God has a
transformational future for your church.

34. ‟
Ministry Design Module 2

36. “ ”

37. WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME
IF YOU KEEP ON DOING
WHAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE DONE?

38. “ ”

40. What is the nature of your congregation’s
Defining Vision?
Traditional or Transformational or Transitional?

42. Building a Church from Scratch

44. Shift from your present hopes for your
congregation‟s future to the high
expectation that God has a
transformational future for your church.

45. Shift from merely running programs to
implementing a vision for ministry.

46. Ministry Design Module 3

47. Recline
Incline Decline

48. Write down as much of your
congregation’s vision statement as you
can. It may be called a mission
statement or a purpose statement.

49. Be who God
wants you to be
and
you will set the
world on fire!
Catherine of
Siena

50. Life-Changing Transformational Ministry
Reflectively-Practiced
Principle-Patterned
“Gathered-Scattered” Attentive
Need-Responsive
Disciple-Directed
Biblically-Based
Spirit-Driven
The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry

55. “ ”

56. Gathered (Spectrum of MINISTRY)
Scattered (Spectrum of MINISTRY)

58. The Devotional Life

59. Hospitality

60. The Emmaus Meal
www.VitalChurchesInstitute.com
Username: Emmaus Password: hospitality

61. People Eyes

63. Life-Changing Transformational Ministry
Reflectively-Practiced
Principle-Patterned
“Gathered-Scattered” Attentive
Need-Responsive
Disciple-Directed
Biblically-Based
Spirit-Driven
The Foundation of a Vision for Ministry

64. Foundation for Ministry Elements of the 3-D Church
Spirit-Driven Glorify God
Biblically-Based
Discipleship-Directed Grow Disciples
Need-Responsive Meet Human Need

65. Glorify God
Grow Meet
Disciples Human
Need

66. Doxological
Koinonial Missional

68. 1. “Touching Jesus” – encouraging growth in personal faith
2. Lift up your heart Shift to the high expectation that God
has a vital future for you.
3. Begin a devotional life of prayer and Bible reading at home.
4. “Word-Share-Prayer” with others. “Be the people of God
before doing the work of the people of God.”

69. 1. “Offer Appreciation and expectation in every conversation!”
2. Show hospitality. Encourage the practice of the deipnon –
the lingering meal with “silver and gold.”
3. People eyes – seeing people through the eyes of Jesus –
becoming alert to the needs of the people God gives us.
4. Introduce Pray Daily – a ninety day adventure in prayer

70. Deipnon (The Lingering Meal)
Emmaus meal at VCI.com

71. Use the Halverson Benediction for yourself and with the
congregation and with its groups:
Wherever you go, God is sending you. Wherever you are
God has a purpose in you being there. Christ who indwells
you has something he wants to do through you where you
are! Believe it and go in his grace and power.
Richard C. Halverson

72. Leadership Module 1

73. Three road blocks to transformation:
Complacency
Band-width
turf

74. Complacency
Be Happy Don’t Worr

75. Bandwidth
The Pressure of
Present Demand

76. Turf
Don’t Change it

77. “When an organization calls you a „leader,‟
those in authority reward you for doing
what they want you to do and punish you
for changing things in ways that require
them to work differently or that threaten
their world views.”
Ronald Heifitz
Leadership p 26

79. First Follower

82. Challenges for which you have adequate
knowledge and an acceptable solution.

83. Challenges for which you do not have an
adequate or effective solution.

84. Take the Adventure Module 1

85. www.VitalChurchesInstitute.com
Username: Anderson
Password: Vital

86. The Acts 16:5 Initiative
Moving from Membership to Discipleship
Seminars – concepts of Vision Team – meets with the
transformational and pastor and within the umbrella of
missional ministry – for the Church Council to consider
pastors and congregational ways to apply Acts 16:5 concepts –
teams comprised of
imaginative, initiative-
taking, respected people.
Pastor Clusters – groups
of four or five pastors that
Support from the district and the
meet for Word-Share-
Vital Churches Institute team.
Prayer and to offer
mutual encouragement
and accountability

88. 4
results
3
transfer
2
learning
1
reactions

89. 1. Did the learner like it?
2. Did the learner learn it?
3. Did the learner live it?
4. Did it last?

90. “When an organization calls you a „leader,‟
those in authority reward you for doing
what they want you to do and punish you
for changing things in ways that require
them to work differently or that threaten
their world views.”
Ronald Heifitz
Leadership p 26

91. The Vision Team
© 2006 E. Stanley Ott

92. Pastor Clusters