Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network Cornerstone Church Network Master’s Group Session 4

Agenda  8:45 Arrival, breakfast and fellowship  9:00 Koinonia Connection and Hand of the Lord  10:00 Church Health  11:00 Leading Change  12:00 Lunch  12:30 GPS  2:15 Wrap up / Debrief the day / Admin stuff  2:30 Adjournment Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Koinonia Connection  PASTHere is something about my past that would help you know me better  DEFINING A difficult life experience MOMENT which helped me grow as a person was..  VALUESHere’s what I stand for… X Information + Feelings Information Only X

Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network Hand of the Lord

Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network Leading well demands clarity about: 1. ‘Where we are’ 2. ‘Where we need to go’ 3. ‘How to lead the change required to make the journey possible’

Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network Where we are in terms of Church Health

Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network Characteristics of a Healthy Church  Acts 2:42-47… 42And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network Characteristics of a Healthy Church Derived from Acts 2:42-47  Prayer  Worship  Evangelism  Discipleship  Ministry  Fellowship  Stewardship…time, treasure, talent (giftedness)  Unity  Leadership  Missions

Characteristics of a Healthy Church: Other Considerations  God’s Empowering Presence  Spiritual Disciplines  Wise Administration and Accountability  Centrality of God’s Word  Centrality of the Good News  Church Planting  Church Discipline  Sound Doctrine Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Assessing Health and Developing Healthy Habits  What is the current state of your church’s health?  What ‘vital signs’ are you currently tracking?  What additional ‘vital signs’ should you be tracking? Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Church Health Assessment Tool (CHAT)  Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Leading Change John P. Kotter The Eight – Stage Process of Creating Major Change “Successful change of any magnitude goes through all eight stages, usually in the sequence shown. Although one normally operates in multiple phases at once, skipping even a single step or getting too far ahead without a solid base almost always creates problems.” Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Stage 1 ESTABLISHING A SENSE OF URGENCY ~Examining the competitive realities ~Identifying and discussing crises, potential dangers, or major opportunities Stage 2 CREATING THE GUIDING COALITION ~Putting together a group with enough power to lead the change ~Getting the group to work together like a team Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Stage 3 DEVELOPING A VISION AND STRATEGY ~Creating a vision to help direct the change effort ~Developing strategies for achieving that vision Stage 4 COMMUNICATING THE CHANGE VISION ~Using every vehicle possible to constantly communicate the new vision and strategies ~Having the guiding coalition role model the behavior expected of other team members Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Stage 5 EMPOWERING BROAD-BASED ACTION ~Getting rid of obstacles ~Changing systems or structures that undermine the change vision ~Encouraging risk taking and nontraditional ideas, activities, and actions Stage 6 GENERATING SHORT-TERM WINS ~Planning for visible improvements in performance, or “wins” ~Creating those wins ~Visibly recognizing and rewarding people who made the wins possible Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

 Stage 7 CONSOLIDATING GAINS AND PRODUCING MORE CHANGE  ~Using increased credibility to change all systems, structures, and policies that don’t fit together and don’t fit the transformation vision  ~Developing people who can implement the change vision  ~Reinvigorating the process with new projects, themes, and change agents Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Stage 8 ANCHORING NEW APPROACHES IN THE CULTURE ~Creating better performance through productivity-oriented behavior, more and better leadership, and more effective management ~Articulating the connections between new behaviors and organizational success ~Developing means to ensure leadership development and succession Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Discuss Your Experience: Identify one major change process you have led. What went well in this process? What did not go well? Which step identified by Kotter should have been given more attention in your change process example? Masters Groups | Cornerstone Church Network

Growing Past Stress

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