Transcript Document
Creating the
Environment for Growth
The 8 Essential Qualities
of Natural Church
Development
8 Essential Quality Characteristics
Empowering
Gift-based
Passionate
Effective
Inspiring
Holistic
Need-oriented
Loving
Leadership
Ministry
Spirituality
Structures
Worship
Small Groups
Outreach
Relationships
Empowering Leadership
Empowering Leadership
Empowering Leadership
• Leaders train others for the ministry, rather
than just doing it themselves
• Not just the clergy, all leaders enable others.
• Mentoring, equipping, coaching
• On-the-job training
• Apprentice leaders developed
• Super
Gift-based Ministry
Gift-based Ministry
Gift-based Ministry
• Members are helped to
identify their gifts
• Gifts, passion and
personality matched to
ministries
• Joy and fulfilment in
serving
Passionate Spirituality
Passionate Spirituality
• Hunger for God
• Strong in Prayer
• Personal spiritual
disciplines
• Holiness, obedience
Passionate Spirituality
Almighty God,
you have made us for yourself,
and our hearts are restless till they find their
rest in you:
pour your love into our hearts and draw us
to yourself,
and so bring us at last to your heavenly city
where we shall see you face to face;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
CW Collect – 17th Sunday after Trinity
Effective Structures
Effective Structures
But I love our traditions!
Effective Structures
• All ministries have
goals
• Flexibility
• Willing to change
able to adapt
• Serve the ministries
Inspiring Worship
Inspiring Worship
Psalm 122:1
I was glad when they
said to me, “Let us go
to the house of the
Lord.”
Holistic Small Groups
Holistic Small Groups
Worship
Bible Study
Fellowship
Prayer
Service
Outreach
Holistic Small Groups
A group that is small!
Ministering to each other’s felt
needs: spiritual, emotional, physical,
social
Using spiritual gifts
Bible application
Multiply
Need-oriented Outreach
Need-oriented Outreach
Need-oriented Outreach
• Aware of the felt needs of the community
• Ministries meet felt needs
• Members able to effectively share their
faith
• Services accessible to visitors
• New believers assimilated
Loving Relationships
Loving Relationships
• Atmosphere of joy
and trust
• Forgiving and Fun
• Affirmation and
encouragement
• Prayer for one
another
8 Essential Qualities
Empowering Leadership
Gift-based Ministry
Passionate Spirituality
Effective Structures
Inspiring Worship
Holistic Small Groups
Need-oriented Outreach
Loving Relationships