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COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PLAN (p. 22)
Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Valley Community Church in Southern California, explains why it takes more than technique to lead a healthy congregation. Why do you say health should replace growth as the focal point for pastors? Because size is not the issue. Big isn't better; small isn't better. Healthy is better. If a church is healthy, growth will naturally happen. If numerical growth is an unreliable indicator of health, how can you tell if your church is healthy? It's not unreliable, just inadequate. There are five ways to measure growth. A church needs to grow warmer through fellowship, deeper through discipleship, stronger through worship, broader through ministry, and larger through evangelism. How do you cultivate health in a church? Balance. Balance occurs when you have a strategy and a structure to fulfill every one of the five New Testament purposes for the church—worship, evangelism, fellowship, discipleship, and ministry. How are the skills to grow a church different from the skills to grow a healthy church? The skills may not be all that different, but growing a healthy church depends on the personal character of the leader. You can't lead people further than you are in your own spiritual health. SHADING THE TRUTH? (p. 30)
Jim Abrahamson, pastor of Chapel Hill (NC) Bible Church, identifies subtle ways dishonesty may linger in a church—and how to overcome them.
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