What To Expect
Church Consultation
A church consultation will focus in on three key areas of your church: community, leadership, and people. These will be addressed using a full scale analysis that includes:
- An assessment of the community: demographics & psychographics
- Interaction and interviews with pastors and church leaders
- Analysis of facilities
- Statistical analysis of key church metrics
- Stewardship & financial analysis
- Discovery of growth and/or ministry obstacles and opportunities
- An outsider's perspective on the worship services
- Transformational Church survey
- Three months of coaching to help with implementation (6 total sessions)
Work includes time with church leaders and members onsite, as well as and incite visit for a Sunday morning worship experience. Before we begin any onsite work, there will be an analysis of information provided regarding your church. Information includes, but is not limited to:
- Past ten years of membership goals
- Past ten years of weekly worship attendance
- Past ten years of group attendance
- Past ten years of budget and total receipts
- Past ten years of conversions/baptisms
- Most current and detailed budget
- Constitution and bylaws (if available)
- Listing of ministry staff, including the date they came to the church
- Current publications, such as worship bulletin and newsletter
- Comments on key issues in the church and recent pivotal events
- Church policy/structure (deacons, elders, business meetings, etc.)
- Total usable acreage owned
- Any information that you deem would be helpful the analysis
Cost of a full scale consultation and analysis is based on the church size and expenses.
Payments will be made 50% upfront and 50% upon the delivery of the final report.
Church Administration
Small Groups and Assimilation
Small Groups and Assimilation
Evaluation of the following areas:
- Alignment of administration with the vision and goals of the church
- Finance polices and procedures
- Personnel policies and procedures Emergency action plans through the Red Cross
- IT and software
- Constitution and By-Laws
- Organizational structure
- Volunteer policies and procedures
- Establishing a Foundation to enable Planned Giving and Estate Planning
Based on these evaluations, churches will be presented with a thorough report from the consultant that will include potential resources for the churches in appropriate areas.
Cost will be assessed based on the scale of the consultation in the appropriate area. Payments will be made 50% upfront and 50% upon the delivery of the final report.
Small Groups and Assimilation
Small Groups and Assimilation
Small Groups and Assimilation
Evaluations of the following areas:
- Evaluation of current group structures
- Evaluation of alignment of small group ministry and the vision of the church
- Evaluation of current group curriculum.
- Evaluation of accessibility of groups to church members
- Evaluation of your church's assimilation processes
- Training for leadership (one-time or ongoing)
Based on these evaluations, churches will be presented with a thorough report from the consultant that will include curriculum recommendations and potential resources for the churches focused on small group growth.
Cost will be assessed based on the scale of the consultation in the appropriate area. Payments will be made 50% upfront and 50% upon the delivery of the final report.