Leading the Growing Church
Best Practices for Today’s Church Plants
In our work with churches (and theistic para-church organizations), we either find that a staggering level of "push the string" complexity has encroached into otherwise pure belief systems, or a shocking paucity of sufficient sophistication exists to endure another one, two, much less 10 or 100 years. Similarly, many church leaders (having been born, bred, and steeped in Biblically-grounded households and formally educated in theology) graduate from seminary and run smack-dab into several surprising brick walls, from budgeting, staff leadership, conflict resolution, counseling, power plays and politics to tribal factions, division, outright infighting, harassment issues, and even subterfuge—all while trying to visioncast, prepare and deliver sermons, and be an engaged parent and attentive spouse at the end of ceaseless days that feel like one long blur of holiday productions surging forever and ever Amen.
Stress, burnout, and daily self-doubt of the "Could I have done more today?" variety are joy-robbers that can often erode church leaders' confidence, sometimes even leading to questioning one's calling to become a pastor in the first place. In the same way many teachers and medical professionals describe lives of process and paperwork that trump the pure pursuit of helping people, pastors similarly struggle with countless challenges and fires that arise outside Sunday morning. If they're not careful, pastors may experience such things (which are undeniably important) as distractions that kill, steal, or destroy one's perception of possibility, calling, and commitment to ministry.
In Leading the Growing Church, faculty who have or are currently leading healthy, successful, vibrant, growing, benchmark churches lead participants through the process of separating wheat from chaff, essential from non-essential work, deciding/directing/delegating, interpersonal relationship management, conflict resolution techniques, budgeting lessons, hearing and communicating vision, strategy creation and implementation, and so much more. Topics that are critical in the ever-challenging mission field of church leadership.
Central to the course is faithful execution of The Great Commission and how, through growth and church plantings, pastors can ensure their and parishioners' talents are put to good use as called by Christ.
Leading the Growing Church Volumes Include
Volume 1:
Inventorying
Volume 2:
Balancing
Volume 3:
Planning—Visioning, Missioning, Goal Setting, Strategizing & Prioritizing
Volume 4:
Leading
Volume 5:
Relating
Volume 6:
Communicating
Volume 7:
Uniting
Volume 8:
Managing
Volume 9:
Deciding, Directing & Delegating
Volume 10:
Budgeting
Volume 11:
Counseling
Volume 12:
Resolving
Volume 13:
Preparing
Volume 14:
Planting
Components
Slides
Lecture
Workshop
Digital Files
Handouts
Printed Workbook(s)
Appointment(s)
Audience(s)
Church leadership involved in presently planting a new church—or feeling called to.
Duration(s)
2 days.
Investment/Range
$3,750/pp. (Multi-participant and multi-volume bundles available, as are Spiritual Series Scholarships for eligible pastors. Contact a Program Advisor for details.)
Format(s)
Live Online
In Person
Blended Learning
Leath Learning Pillar(s) this Solution Supports
Leadership
Strategy
Culture
Communication
Change
Faculty
Greg Methvin
JR. Forasteros
Dalton Jantzen
Walter Nusbaum
Blake Leath
Alan Michael
Brandon Graham
Brian Sanders
Destin Garner
Ron Holton
TBD
Available upon request.
Contact a Program Advisor
to request a date or more information
by emailing learning@leathgroup.com.
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What’s Next?
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We look forward to hosting you and supporting your ongoing leadership development.
Thank you for your trust in us.