Vital Congregation Initiative
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The Texas Conference voted to create the position of Director of Vital Congregations to facilitate the development of growing and missional congregations. This would be accomplished through leadership development programs for clergy and laypeople. The goal is to empower leadership teams in each congregation to fulfill God's plan and take their church to a "healthy lifestyle" of vitality, rather than a temporary "fad diet." The Director will focus on two proven models of facilitation rather than trying to support many different models. Congregations are encouraged to work with the Director's office regardless of which model they choose.
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PurposeStatement
The purpose of this proposal is to describe how leadership competition affects the running of the church and explain how to address competition menace in the church effectively. The Baptist church is a non-profit organization that seeks to benefit the community through the administration of the ministry of God.
Problem Statement
Baptist church seeks to spread the word of God and improve the living standard of the whole society through charity work and taking care of the needs and interests of everyone into consideration. The Baptists church experience leadership competition for positions among the believers.
The original problem
The church leaders competing for positions
Stakeholders who happen to be affected by the problem
The whole church congregation is affected, especially the believers. Other church leaders are also affected, as well.
The impact
Leadership competition in the church leads to a reduction of the kingdom of God to oneself. In the church, people do not compete because they want to expound on the kingdom of God, but because they want to increase their kingdom. Only the winnable kings compete among each other, but the servant leaders only serves others (Thompson, 2015). Similarly, the church is divided as a result of the conflicts and disagreement from their leaders. Competition denounces the church members and leaders to help one another; as a result, the church loses its meaning and mission. The action encourages arrogance and judgementalism. The leader who competes will only talk about their strengths and build themselves by tearing other members apart. Competition for position fosters distrust among leaders (Stott, 2016). Competing leaders struggle a lot to create a trust for one another. The competition also creates work-based theology where church leaders move around looking for greener pasture instead of being appointed because of their devotion and value. Competition in the church also reduces accountability and life on life Christianity. The church leaders are not willing, to be honest about their experiences. As a Christian, one should admit to their weaknesses; however, competition does not allow this.
Type of problem
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Church leaders do not receive sufficient training. Additionally, there are insufficient programs to mentor church leaders.
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~ AuthorVital Congregation Initiative
- 1. The Texas Conference voted to cultivate growing, fruitful and missional congregations. They voted to create a position for the work of facilitating vital congregations within our Conference. The position of Director of Vital Congregations was created for this purpose.
- 4. This is accomplished through Lay Leadership Development (LLD) and Pastoral Leadership Development (PLD). Clergy and laity will covenant together as leadership. Our goal is to develop passion, trust, knowledge and skills among laity and clergy that will prepare and empower them to lead their congregations to fulfill Gods plan.
- 6. A lay leader commented: What we need for our church is a healthy lifestyle rather than a fad diet. Our purpose is to help congregations across our Conference take necessary steps to that healthy lifestyle. We can best accomplish that by investing our resources and perfecting two proven facilitation models rather than trying to provide expertise, funding and trained facilitators for many models. The models chosen by the office of Vital Congregations have proven fruitful across the United States.
- 7. What If We Choose a Different Model? Many good models can help a congregation move to greater vitality. Of course, we want you to work with one proven and facilitated. If you choose a different model we hope you will implement all three essentials that will enhance your potential. We also hope you will involve the office of Vital Congregations at some level so that we can learn from one another and make that learning available to others.
- 9. Vital Congregation System Leadership Development 2. 3. 1.
- 10. 1. Transform Lay and Clergy Leaders by beginning the process of Lay and Clergy Leadership Development. 2. Invest in the Young by engaging them in Lay Leadership Development (next generation leaders) and strategic planning. 3. Continue the process, resulting in the Growth of Fruitful Congregations (Vital Congregations).
- 12. Take The First Step! If you are a pastor, contact your District Superintendent to discuss the possibility of your congregation moving toward a system of increased and sustainable vitality. If you are a lay person, contact your pastor and discuss your congregations readiness to engage in a process that will move you to greater vitality. Regardless of the model you choose, be sure to develop a leadership team and engage a coach.