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What is the universal myth that most pastors believe regarding Church growth |
It's the solution to your church Outreach problem can be solved with one of many Silver Bullet methods |
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What are three types of people the author believe exist in every community |
Internal peripheral the external |
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Define internal group of people |
Who already sit in your seat on Sundays regular attendees first-time guest casual attendees who make your regular congregation |
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Define periphERAl group of people |
Who knows someone who attends your church |
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Define external group of people |
Someone who has no connections to your church |
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The____should be a magnetic place |
Church |
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Magnets can cause things that shouldn't stick____ |
Stay Together |
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What are the seven actions the author took to move his church from being unmagnetic to magnetic |
Comfort reality learn new skills get a coach find the model check gages take radical actions believe in better future |
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Author Max Dupree says the first job of a leader is to what |
Define reality |
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Often churches are stuck because the leader doesn't see the need to learn new__ |
Skills |
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According to the author what happens when we stop growing |
We are all dead in the water |
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Contrast the time spent with comparing those who read and those who watch TV |
People who read spend about 2 hours a week People people spend 2000 hours a TV year question TV |
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Define the principle of Massive Action |
Atypical later sees a problem and Implement one solution to fix it |
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The longer a charge has been stuck the more... Must be to get the church back on track |
Radical the action number 14 chapter |
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The day a leader stops believing that best days of the church are ahead of it it's... |
Game over |
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If a man takes his shirt off at the beach no one notices if that man takes his shirt off in Cheesecake Factory restaurant he'll likely be escorted out what is the difference? |
Culture |
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Regarding culture what does the author say is the Bottom Line Reality for our Ministries |
Culture overrides almost everything it trumps rules systems and even common sense |
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Culture... Is the most powerful factor in any organization |
Not vision or strategy |
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Does the author believe that we can change the culture? |
No a new culture emerges that overshadows and ultimately envolppes old culture |
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What is the rudder that guides the church |
The pulpit |
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What is the place we shaped the culture of our church than any other place |
The stage |
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What is the most powerful culture defining activity in the local church |
Has been the decision to preach the gospel weekly |
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What is the church principal purpose |
Bringing glory to God |
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How do we express the purpose of the church |
Talk about the mission on a regular basis |
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How is our local churches in Mission expressed on a weekly basis |
Your actions by the things you emphasize and in what you invest |
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What are the three things that move people when casting the vision |
Statistics... Scriptures... Stories... |
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What is the number 1 means of communication that people tend to respond more to you than any other |
Stories |
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Why is it so important to understand that from the moment someone decides to join a church they take a mental picture |
The moment every decision changes and the initial factor is compared the snapshot was taken when he or she decides to attend your church |
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How do you invite people into the future without a finding your Church's current picture |
Simply put you give them a new picture more attractive than the one in their minds |
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The author says one sign of maturity is a Church's ability to... |
Reproduce |
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What group of people are usually the first and the easiest to embrace a new vision |
New believers |
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The type churchsouth 10 - 15% attrition each year because of what |
People moving dying backsliding going to another church |
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One group will make or break an Evangelistic culture you say to create in your church who is that |
Those who served |
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What is one of the main things that hurt the reception of the |
Distractions |
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As as leaders wanting to create or maintain an Evangelistic culture we must do the following for those who |
1 Connect their service with the gospel Connect their service with God's mission connect their salvation with the service of others |
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What is one of the greatest enemies of creating an Evangelistic culture and our lives |
We forget what it's like to be a lost person |
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The best time to change your culture was ...The second best time is... |
10 years ago... Now |
