1. TRENDS Impacting the Disciple-making Ministry of the Church

2. Bruce Raley Director Church Education Ministry LifeWay Christian Resources Bruce and Donna Raley Director Church Education Ministry LifeWay Christian Resources

4. 1.Churches are moving from “blue collar” attitude to “entrepreneur” attitude 2.Moving from a “what’s hot now?” culture to a customized church culture. 3.Moving from a scorecard of simply bodies, budgets and buildings to also including intangible measurements. 4. Transition of paradigms: Believe – Behave – Belong to Belong – Believe – Behave 5.Society has moved past a “post-Christian” culture to a “pre- Christian” culture.

5. 6.Society is no longer a melting pot, but now mosaic. 7. Growing demand for process in discipleship. 8. Church leaders are trying to define “family ministry”. There is a shift from ministry at church to ministry at home. 9. Shift in moving from group training to individual or within small groups of people.