It’s one thing to know our mission as a church, but it is another thing to know how to accomplish that mission. Church ministries try to meet people’s needs and lead them to grow in their faith. But sometimes our weekly calendars feel like a random list of activities instead of an intentional strategy for ministry. We need a plan and a way to evaluate our ministry efforts.
It’s one thing to know our mission as a church, but it is another thing to know how to accomplish that mission. Church ministries try to meet people’s needs and lead them to grow in their faith. But sometimes our weekly calendars feel like a random list of activities instead of an intentional strategy for ministry. We need a plan and a way to evaluate our ministry efforts.
How can we develop a strategy to accomplish what God has called us to do? A purposeful approach to ministry will make our work more effective as we seek to fulfill our mission as the church. If we follow the Spirit’s guidance, making a plan for our church is wisdom in action.
This course will give you tools to create a plan that will unify your church programs and ministries under a single purpose. Eric offers practical ideas on implementing programs that work together to develop stronger disciples. And he offers church leaders tools to become good thinkers who can identify effective processes and patterns.
Unite your church’s efforts so that every ministry works together toward the overall goal of making disciples. Eric will show you how a plan clarifies the role of each church ministry in building mature followers of Jesus.
Discipleship is a journey. Eric shares a blueprint for creating an environment that equips people as they progress toward becoming more like Jesus.
For all the activities we can offer, people are the most important part of our work. Eric helps us consider two aspects of caring for the people God has sent our way.
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The challenges of managing the daily life of the church can sometimes distract us from our core purpose. It’s one thing to know our mission as a church, but it is another thing to know how to accomplish that mission. Eric Geiger describes what a ministry strategy is, how it isn’t “less spiritual,” and why we need one.
Eric unpacks what it looks like to design a ministry strategy that focuses on what truly matters. The simpler the strategy, the more effective. The first step helps us decide what kind of disciples we want to make before we create a strategy for making them.
We want to build a discipleship process in which programs’ activities and goals help move believers further along the path toward spiritual maturity and wholeness. Eric Geiger offers six steps to his blueprint for building programs that make disciples.
Eric Geiger helps us consider two aspects of shepherding. To effectively shepherd our church, we need intentional processes at important milestone moments in people’s faith journey.
Eric encourages us to become strategic thinkers—leaders who can steward the church’s resources wisely. Thinking strategically is not the antithesis of being led by the Spirit. Strategic thinking is Spirit-led wisdom in action.
Dr. Eric Geiger is an author, leadership expert, and senior pastor of Mariners Church in Southern California. He formerly served as senior vice president of Lifeway Christian Resources, where he led the church resources division. Eric is the author or coauthor of several books, including Designed to Lead, Transformational Discipleship, and Transformational Groups.
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You can use this course on your own or with other leaders at your church. The written curriculum is geared toward group discussion, but it can also be used individually.
In this five-session course, pastor and author Eric Geiger guides you through a practical process of designing a strategy to help your church focus on its mission.
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Plan for an hour to an hour and a half to go through each session, especially if you’re going through the content in a group. The videos in this course range from 15 to 21 minutes, and the discussion questions and activities will likely take up the rest of your meeting time.
This course is 5 sessions long. Feel free to cover the sessions in increments that make the most sense for you and your leadership team. For some, it might work best to go through one session a week, for others, it might be better to cover one session a month. We do not recommend doubling up on sessions.
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