MISSIONAL HEALTH (see chart above) – How are you doing as church?
Are you – LEADING, LIVING, LONGING, LAGGING, LANGUISHING or LAUNCHING as a body of believers? What do you need to do?
Where are you on the “Life Cycle of the Church”? Are you on the incline? GROWING? On the recline? PLATEAUED? On the decline? DYING?
Does it describe your church?
Some common characteristics of missionally healthy, disciple-making churches:
1. There is a culture of sentness.
2. Leaders equip and empower.
3. Authentic community is present.
4. Members are expressing passionate worship.
5. Measurable disciples are being produced.
6. Biblical doctrine and execution is apparent.
(NCBaptist.org website)
Church Evaluation time is like Spring Cleaning Time.
It's time to take a look at what you are doing and evaluate:
- what you need to keep doing
- what you need to let go of
- what do you need to do differently
God has called the Church to be on mission with Him and for Him. Sometimes we fall into Churchianity and just doing ‘church business’ as usual and fall away from Biblical Christianity – obediently following the Biblical and Missional Principles that God has laid out for us to follow in His word.
PURPOSE: Glorify God - Matthew 6:33
FOCUS: Great Commission - Matthew 28:18-20
ATTITUDE: Great Commandment - Matthew 22:36-40
METHOD: God's Strategy - Acts 1:8
Praying for you to be healthy, growing, disciple-making, church planting and thriving churches! Please contact me if you would like to evaluate and talk about being a Missionally Healthy Church.
Marty Dupree
