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A valuable process aimed at improving the health of congregations so that they may become more effective to the kingdom of God. |
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A process of discernment in which church leadership enters into a brief covenant with a presbytery coach, with the commitment to work together for the benefit of the local church. |
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| What Congregational-Coaching Is Not: |
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Another program |
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A quick-fix, silver-bullet solution |
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Something only for churches in crisis |
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| Congregational-Coaching Values: |
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Jesus Christ is Lord and Head of the Church (G-1.000) |
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The local church is the hope of the world; from which the gospel is embodied and shared |
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Churches, no matter the size, can be healthy expressions of the body of Christ |
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The Holy Spirit grants both the gifts and power for the whole Church and each congregation to do everything it is called to do. |
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The disciplines of congregational transformation utilized in partnership will be (but not limited to): |
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| > spiritual discernment of where God is leading the congregation, |
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> setting an action plan to achieve at least one thing that will bring the congregation to greater health and vitality. |
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Congregational health is not defined by propping up the institution, rather seeking to serve God’s mission through a particular calling. |
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Health and vitality will have different expressions in the different churches according to their community, their history, leaders, and their God-given DNA or calling. |
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Health and vitality are defined and assessed more richly than mere membership and budgetary numbers: |
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| Health can be measured by the great ends of the church: |
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the proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of mankind; |
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| the shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God; |
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| the maintenance of divine worship; |
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| the preservation of the truth; |
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| the promotion of social righteousness; |
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the exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world. |
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Norms, Goals and Mission Statement 2010 |
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Resources |
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Covenant |
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Intercessory Prayers from the New Testament |
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