1. CHURCH LIFE CYCLES WHERE ARE WE AND WHY DO I CARE? With Greg Wiens and Tom Planck Exponential Workshop Session 4, April 27, 2016

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3. CHURCH LIFE CYCLES GREG WIENS EVERY LIVING ORGANISM EXPERIENCES LIFECYCLES People have multiple lifecycles Growing up years (0—25) Maturing years (25—50) Wisdom years (50-75) Afterglow years (75+) Churches can also have multiple lifecycles Every 20-30 years

4. CHURCH LIFE CYCLES GREG WIENS FOUR DIMENSIONS THAT MEASURE CHURCH HEALTH: V – Vision Why do you exist & Where are you going? R – Relationships Who is going with you? M – Ministries How are going to get there? S – Structure What are you going to monitor?

5. CHURCH LIFE CYCLES GREG WIENS R V m s

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7. LIFE CYCLE OF A CHURCH Maturity Birth Childhood Adolescence Empty Nest Old Age Death Structure Vision Relationship s Ministries Vision Relationships Vision Relationships Ministries Structure Vision……………Why do we exist & Where are we going? Relationships…..Who is going with us? Ministry………….How do we get there? Structure……..…What do we monitor? Visio n Relationships Ministries Structure Ministries Structure

8. CHURCH LIFE CYCLES GREG WIENS CHURCH LIFE CYCLE

9. CHURCH LIFE CYCLES GREG WIENS THREE LIFECYCLES IN THE BOOK OF ACTS Acts 1.8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 8.1 On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Acts 13.1 1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.

10. Birth Deat h Acts 1.8 V Acts 2.42-47 VR Acts 4.32-37 VRM Acts 6.1-7 VRMS Acts 8.1 V Acts 9.1-19 Acts 10 VR Acts 13.1-3 V Acts 9.30-31 Acts 11.1-3 Jerusalem Judea and Samaria Acts 15 Ends of the Earth “Who?” VR

11. D CHURCH LIFE CYCLES GREG WIENS A-GAME OF THE LEADER Maturity Death ISCDI CD D I CDI S SCI CS Birth www.HealthyGrowingLeaders.com >DISC assessment

12. CHURCH LIFE CYCLES GREG WIENS WWW.HEALTHYGROWINGLEADERS.COM >DISC ASSESSMENT BirthDeath To launch a new life cycle It takes Catalytic leaders (D & I) Organizers (S & C) are needed to optimize & sustain it

13. CHURCH LIFE CYCLES GREG WIENS LIFE CYCLE BY GIFTS Apostles Prophets EvangelistsTeachers Shepherds

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