Church Health & Multiplication

Churches that are led by the Holy Spirit intentionally listen to God and rely on the Holy Spirit’s guidance through prayer. They ask the open-ended question: “God, where are you calling us?” They anticipate God breaking through and leading them. And they wait, listen, and celebrate God’s answers, obediently stepping out in faith and following God.

Churches foster healthy culture when they communicate clearly and directly and avoid going around people. They create and live by behavioral covenants. They respect and value peoples’ presence, opinions, and culture, and they deal with conflict in an open, direct way.

Churches empower leaders and teams and entrust them with authority and responsibility to carry out their work. They hold leaders accountable to operate within the healthy boundaries of the church’s mission, vision, budget, policies, and procedures. They also streamline and simplify their structure to fulfill their mission and vision in the best way possible.

Churches engage missionally with their communities in an intentional way. Through listening and observation, they discern where their mission and vision intersect with the community’s needs and assets. Then, they develop a healthy relational ministry with those outside the congregation. This ultimately leads to opportunities for discipleship and transforming the community to become more like the Kingdom of God.