Director - Pastoral Development

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Director -Pastoral Development

• Oversight of Pastoral Settlements
• Oversight of Student allocations/supervision
• Facilitate Pastoral Development
• Facilitate Pastoral Care
• Encourage Church health and growth

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Healthy Churches
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Healthy CongregationsPeter Steinke

• Health means all the parts are working together
  to maintain balance. Health means all the parts
  are interacting to function as a whole. Health is
  a continuous process.

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1. Clarity of identity

• What kind of Church are we?
• - geography

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1. Clarity of identity

• What kind of Church are we?
• - geography
• - demographics

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1. Clarity of identity

• What kind of Church are we?
• - geography
• - demographics
• - theology

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1. Clarity of identity

• What kind of Church are we?
• - geography
• - demographics
• - theology
• - Baptist

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The Christianity of the New Testament is for
today
Personal Faith
A Believers Church
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Personal Faith
Believers Baptism
Freedom of conscience
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A Believers Church
Priesthood of all Believers
Autonomy of the Local Church
Congregational Participation
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1. Clarity of identity

• What kind of Church are we?
• - geography
• - demographics
• - theology
• - Baptist
• - Life Cycle

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THE LIFE CYCLE OF A CONGREGATION

• Prime
• Adolescence
• Infancy
• Birth

• Maturity
• Aristocracy
• Bureaucracy
• Death
• Adapted from Martin F.Saarinen (Alban Institute)
• AcknowledgementGeoff Cramb(BUQ)

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2. Clarity of Values, Purpose, Vision

• Values Why we do what we do?

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Acts 61-7

• Now during those days, when the disciples were
  increasing in number, the Hellenists complained
  against the Hebrews because their widows were
  being neglected in the daily distribution of
  food. And the twelve called together the whole
  community of the disciples and said, It is not
  right that we should neglect the word of God in
  order to wait on tables. Therefore, friends,
  select from among yourselves seven men of good
  standing, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom
  we may appoint to this task,

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Acts 61-7

• while we, for our part, will devote ourselves to
  prayer and to serving the word. What they said
  pleased the whole community, and they chose
  Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit,
  together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon,
  Parmenas, and Nicholaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
  They had these men stand before the apostles, who
  prayed and laid their hands on them.

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Acts 61-7

• The word of God continued to spread the number
  of the disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem,
  and a great many of the priests became obedient
  to the faith.

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2. Clarity of Values, Purpose, Vision

• Values Why we do what we do?
• What values do you exhibit?
• Love, buildings, money, inclusion, bible, social
  concern, intergenerational, prayer, tradition,
  mission, humour, grace, family, creativity,
  status quo, growth, efficiency, flexibility,
  visitors

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2. Clarity of Values, Purpose and Vision

• Purpose What are we supposed to be doing?
• Purpose statements are a biblical, broad, brief
  statement.

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2. Clarity of Values, Purpose and Vision

• Purpose What are we supposed to be doing?
• Purpose statements are a biblical, broad, brief
  statement.
• Will include Worship, Fellowship, Teaching and
  Mission.

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2. Clarity of Values, Purpose and Vision.

• Worship vital and nurturing
• Fellowship inclusive of all
• Teaching the Bible related to life
• Mission focus beyond ourselves both local
  and global

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2. Clarity of Values, Purpose and Vision.

• Vision What kind of church would we like to
  be?
• Moving into a preferred future.
• Bringing your purpose into reality.
• Have strategies in place.

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Strategic Planning
E V A L U A T I O N
THEN
HOW?
Values
NOW
Our Church
Our Mission
Our Community
Gods purpose for the church
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3. Empowering Leadership

• A relationship of influence a transforming
  relationship in which the leader invests in the
  growth and development of the followers,
  empowering them to become what God has gifted
  them to be.
• Relational Leadership Walter Wright pg 44

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Characteristics

• Godly
• Self aware
• Integrity
• Trustworthy
• Lover of people
• Teachable
• Personable communication skills

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4. Structures appropriate to size and purpose

• Everything, including structure goes back to
  purpose.

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4. Structures appropriate to size and purpose

• Everything, including structure goes back to
  purpose.
• As Baptists we are pragmatic in what structure we
  use eg pastor/deacons pastor, elders/deacons
  pastor, servant leaders, ministry team leaders,
  etc

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4. Structures appropriate to size and purpose

• Everything, including structure goes back to
  purpose.
• As Baptists we are pragmatic in what structure we
  use eg pastor/deacons pastor, elders/deacons
  pastor, servant leaders, ministry team leaders,
  etc.
• Clarity of responsibility, authority and
  accountability.

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UNFULFILLED EXPECTATIONS
Anxiety / Insecurity
Anger / Frustration
Blocked
Unclear
EXPECTATIONS
Lost
Failure
Shame / Powerlessness
Hurt / Sadness
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Family Church
Patriarch

• Minister is called in for preaching and pastoral
  care followed by leadership.

Clergy

• Leadership from resident lay leaders - matriarchs
  and/or patriarchs

Up to 50/70 worshippers
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Family Church
Patriarch

• Due the increase in numbers the leadership
  structure tends to change to ...

70 - 150 worshippers
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Pastoral Church

• A leadership circle where the pastor needs to
• delegate
• work with leadership and
• communicate to the whole

• Feeling of congregational oneness - we know each
  other!

70 - 150 worshippers
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Pastoral Church

• Spiritual needs met by personal relationship with
  seminary trained pastor - direct access.

• Previously informal leaders begin to find
  themselves toward the edges

• When growth occurs, any additional staff tend
  to remove the pastor a little bit more from the
  people and changes the pastors role.

70 - 150 worshippers
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Pastoral Church
Because

• Burn out is common in this sized church
• If the church still continues to grow the
  transition from the Pastoral Church to the next
  is the most difficult transition to make

People lose direct contact with pastor and The
larger size of the church loses its Family/Small
Church feel
70 - 150 worshippers
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Program Church

• This size church needs more structure things
  dont just happen.

• Ministry through quality programs, cells or small
  groups, led by laity.

150 - 350 worshippers
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Program Church

• Pastor steps back from ministry to everyone he
  plans, coordinates, supports lay leaders who now
  form the front line he now gives high priority
  to the spiritual and pastoral needs of the
  leaders.

150 - 350 worshippers

• There must be consensus pastoral strength at the
  centre of consensus.

___________________ Consensus (n.) general or
widespread agreement.
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Corporate Church

• The church that starts to get numbers exceeding
  350 worshippers needs to consider a further
  change in structure

Over 350 worshippers
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Corporate Church
Head of Staff

• Increased variety and high quality in programs
  run by the church.
• The Senior pastor will need to act as the Head of
  Staff with a number of Associate/Assistant
  pastors working under his support

Associates/Assistants
Over 350 worshippers
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5. Manage Conflict Well.
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Conflict Management Process
Promote a Christ-like lifestyle
Engender Hope
Develop a climate of trust
Develop healthy processes
Bring conflict into the open
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Six Rules for a Fair Fight

• Agree that its OK to differ
• Will work at agreement
• Play Fair
• Work out best forum to deal with issue
• No Inappropriate behaviour

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What things are Not allowed in any Conflict in
Our Church?

• Building coalitions
• Mind reading (attributing evil motives)
• Guilt inducing
• Rejection discrediting another
• Refusal to be involved in its resolution
• Name calling

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Six Rules for a Fair Fight

• Agree that its OK to differ
• Will work at agreement
• Play Fair
• Work out best forum to deal with issue
• No Inappropriate behaviour
• Up front with accusations and names

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6. Flexible and Creative

• Mood and Tone
• - energy cf depressive
• - spontaneous cf stuck

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6. Flexible and Creative

• Mood and Tone
• Focus on health and not disease

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6. Flexible and Creative

• Mood and Tone
• Focus on health and not disease
• Aim at maturity

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• But to each one of us grace has been given as
  Christ apportioned it. It was he who gaveto
  prepare Gods people for works of service, so
  that the body of Christ may be built up until we
  all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge
  of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to
  the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Eph
  47, 12-16