Cycle Starter Plans

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Having understood your church a little better with the help of the NCD Church Survey, its now time to start cycling together towards a healthier church. You’ve chosen to start experimenting and learning more about the topic to the left. Now, select one of the cycle starter plans below and write number 1 in its box. Put this sheet on your wall, then, go do it!

Next time you are meeting with others who are also working through a topic, ask each other the questions from the cycle, starting at “do” and finishing at “plan”. After a cycle you may decide the most important thing to do now is to keep going with the same plan, modify it, or choose another option from below. If choosing another from below, just write 2 in its box and so on.

If you’d like more cycle starter options, or to work on another topic highlighted by your NCD Church Survey results, just visit ncdchurchsurvey.org/cycle-starters

Q9

  • Ask a church leader you respect to suggest how your current contribution to your church could be made "more fruitful".
  • Ask several people in your church to tell you what they believe your gifts and skills are and how you can best use them to build up your church.
  • Ask three people in your church who are close to you, "If you could do anything in ministry, what would make you feel the most alive?" Then, determine if and how you can help them with that, or who you need to speak to to try to make it happen.
  • Establish exact dates (no more than 6 months away) for reviewing the current ministry of every person under your leadership to help them grow in the role, find a more suitable ministry, or take a break if needed.
  • Help your congregation understand that inspiring worship services depend upon every person bringing along their unique gift-based offering of worship to bless God and encourage the church. Help individuals to discover what their offering might be and how it could be expressed regularly before, during, or after the formal part of the service.
  • If you have a gifted evangelist in your church, ask them how, based on your gifts, you could work with them to grow fully devoted followers of Christ.
  • Look for any contribution you are making to church life that is not bearing discernible "Kingdom fruit", stop doing it and try something else.
  • Take the 3colorsofministry.org Gift Test on your own or in a group.