Does your church have a purpose? A clearly defined purpose? Discovering “purpose” is the number one key to revitalizing or maintaining the vitality of God’s church.
How Effective Is Our Greenhouse? Perhaps the most important pdc material I have ever written. Please evaluate your church’s effectiveness with your leadership team.
Building Your Calendar Around Your Purpose – by Tom Holladay.
Autopsy of a Deceased Church – this checklist by Thom Rainer is a must-use in a leadership meeting.
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Mission Statement PowerPoint Collection.
How To Do An Average Age Survey – you will learn much from this annual survey! An excellent leadership training tool. Sample Survey.
How To Do A Church Survey – an excellent tool to learn how your congregation really thinks!
How To Present A Visioning Service – this annual event is a great way to explain the goals for the next twelve months and to enlist helpers! Visioning Service #1 Slides. Visioning Service #2 Slides.
Healthy Church Definition – this brief article is based on a survey from Leavell Center at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Church Performance Survey – ask your church!
Strategic Future – by Tony Morgan.
Observations About Growing Churches – compare this list with your church.
A Training Session For Deacons And Other Leaders – integrates the five purposes into a deacon selection process. Another Deacon Guide – written by Rolen Bailey.
How To Raise Expectations Through A Membership Class – one more step to achieving your purpose.
How To Start A New Member Orientation Class – re-set the expectations of your new members with an orientation class.
PDC Logo With Your Church Pic Inserted – nifty way to combine the five pdc purposes with a pic of your church.
Coming Church Financial Firestorm – by Ken Hamilton, finance expert.
Establish Financial Review Practices – how safe is your system? Budget Overview Process – good handout for your next budget meeting. Offerings/Attendance Excel Template.
Don’t Over-program The Church – a too busy church is not always the best church.
Change? “Not me” cartoon.
Warning Signs Of An Inwardly Obsessed Church – Thom Rainer’s article is good for a leadership meeting.
Church Insurance – good document to start an annual discussion with your trustees.
How To Become Relevant In Your Community – do we connect with our neighborhood?