September
2012
8 TALKS ON 8 QUALITIES OF HEALTHY GROWING CHURCHES
Research on growing churches
throughout the world has shown that all growing churches have
all eight of the following qualities. (Book: Natural Church
Development, Christian Schwarz, ISBN 1-889638-00-5. Web:
www.ncd-international.org)
- Empowering leadership.
- Passionate spirituality.
- Inspiring worship.
- Holistic small Groups.
- Need-orientated outreach.
- Loving relationships.
- Functional Structures.
Whichever quality is least
developed is the thing that limits the church's growth. The shortest
stave in a barrel is what limits the level of water in the
barrel. So, by examining ourselves prayerfully, with the guidance of
the Holy Spirit, we can work out our weakest quality and improve it.
At the same time we make sure
we are using all the other qualities to help us to develop the weaker
area.
Each
week we will focus on one of these quality areas and think about what
is good in our church and where it might be developed.
If you
are part of the church here too, to make sure we all play our
part, there is a section to ask yourself where you might seek to grow
in this quality yourself. Don't forget to do that bit too.
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