Our Objectives and Strategies
Evangelism – “To be a witnessing church”
Cross walkers –
At least once a month
EE – At least one
semester a year – 12 week commitment
Pastor taught
evangelistic training – One year commitment
Sidewalk prayer
out reach – Once a month
Community Block
Party – Bi-annually
Community
outreach Bible study – (As many as possible)
Open
air/music/preaching – Once a month
Door to Door –
Once a month
Good News Clubs –
2 month commitment
VBS – One week
commitment
Explore creating
contemporary worship service designed to reach the unchurched
Explore small
group bible studies designed for the unchurched
Explore
intercultural ministries as opportunity presents itself.
Explore use of
media (radio, TV, newspaper) for exposure and outreach
To promote
evangelism through present ministries such as Sunday School, Alliance Men and
Women etc.
To have an annual
one week of evangelistic meetings with an invited evangelist
To see at least
50 people come to Christ in 2003.
To see at least
30 baptisms.
To implement an evangelistic theme for 2003 “Bring
Them In”
To create a Community welcoming team who would get
information of all the new families to the community and send them a welcoming
package containing a gift and church information.
To create an excellent church web sight for
disseminating church and biblical information for sinner and saint
Discipleship – “To be a Discipling Church
To use our
worship services as a vital means of discipleship through, teaching and
exhortation.
To explore a new
paradigm in Sunday Education ministry (i.e. Sunday School)
To bring every
new adult Christian through a basic “Discipleship 101” course
To emphasize
sound bible doctrine, history, and church polity
To teach “Growing
in Grace” at least once a year.
To offer and give
opportunity for marriage and family enrichment training annually
To develop and
train leaders through video resources, or seminars.
To develop
creative ways to bring generational groups together for mutual edification
To provide
continual opportunities for spiritual growth.
To promote small
groups for prayer, bible study, and accountability
To provide
quality educational material
Missions – “To be a Sending Church
To inform the
church of present missionary work
To disciple every
age group in missions involvement through praying, giving, and going
To plan and
promote at least one short term missions annually
To promote the
“Jean Bolling Missions Scholarship”
To plan and
promote at least one annual missions project.
To plan and
promote the annual missions conference
To have at least
85% participation in the annual missions conference
To have at least
85% participation in missions giving
To have at least
85% participation in missions praying
To have at least
50% of those who go on a missions trip to be first timers
Worship – “To be a worshipping church”
To create a
worship team consisting of mature Christians who love to worship that would
explore innovative ideas for our services so they are fresh, scriptural,
relevant, creative, relational, and dynamic.
To annually
educate and exhort the church in the importance of worship through video,
seminars, preaching and teaching.
To explore having
two services – One for the saints and one for the unchurched
To explore Sunday
night alternatives
Loving – “To be a loving church”
To develop in
house care ministries
a.
Visitation in
general
b.
Senior and
shut-in ministry
Banquets,
outings, visitation,
c.
Visitation to the
sick
d.
Ministry to the
bereaved
e.
To have at least
two “Church Family day” a year for pure fun, food, and fellowship.
To promote a
loving environment through teaching, preaching, and practice.
Reproduction – “To be a reproducing church”
To explore the
possibilities of planting a new church in the community or in the surrounding
area.
Planning – “To be a planning church”
That all church
leaders gather together in the second week of January for leadership planning
so that all activities are co-coordinated and designed with unified goals and
strategies in evangelism, and discipleship.
By the end of
January we will have a calendar for all the church events for 2003
Praying – “To be a praying church"
To plan and
promote special times of prayer
To establish at
least 5 home prayer meetings
To make prayer
the foundation of all we do
To educate the
church in the importance of fasting and prayer
To have at least
one “solemn meeting” with at least __________
To have at
quarterly concerts of prayer on Sunday Evening
To establish
prayer bands for more specific prayer areas (i.e. Russian prayer band, Ecuador,
Revival, etc.)
To promote family
prayer
Stewardship – “To be a responsible church”
Finances
a.
To promote
biblical principles of giving through stewardship education at least quarterly
b.
To inform the
congregation of financial needs
Talents and time
a.
To promote
biblical principles of using our abilities and time for investment in the
b.
To provide
meaningful service to the congregation.