reFOCUS Community Needs Assessment Kit for Externally Focused Churches
Whether you have firmly established your church as externally focused, or you are on the way there, you need to complete the practical process of understanding community needs in order to find that sweet spot of focused ministry through service. The intersection of the needs of the city, the mandates of God and the calling and capacity of the local church (The Externally Focused Church Rusaw, Swanson). One of the critical steps in the process of becoming externally focused is understanding the needs around you. Read More about Church Growth Resources >
Understanding Community Needs, Needs Assessment Kit for New Churches
If you are in the planning, planting or ministering in the first couple of years of new church life, and you want community service and a missional/ externally focused DNA to grow in the church, then completing a needs assessment is critical part of the process. Read More about Church Plant Resources >
Grant Teams that Win Workbook
You can build a winning grant team! Faith-based organizations often have limited success in winning grant funds….for many it is a new practice. They have to compete against others with greater experience and sometimes a professional grant staff. This book is designed for the local faith based organization that wants to build with the people resources that are already at hand. The workbook provides practical instruction for the formation of a grant ministry team that can become highly effective at increasing the resources for your ministry.
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Multiplication
Journey with the disciples and the person who changed their role from pew sitters to life changers in this exploration of the ministry principles found in Jesus’ multiplication of the bread and fish. David writes from the context of a ministry leader who is directly involved with a unique approach to helping with 135 churches in Virginia and DC, and offers lessons that can make our food something much more than an emergency pantry. During an American season when simple things like food on the table are more important to so many, we can’t afford to simply repeat an annual ritual of holiday food, when we can multiply transforming ministry instead.
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