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Church Health Systems
Gary Rohrmayer
Converge MidAmerica
www.convergemidamerica.org
©2010 Gary Rohrmayer
Measuring Health Acts 2:36-42
Quantitative Growth vs. 41 Qualitative Growth vs. 42-47 Quantitative Growth vs. 47
“Good evangelism must be followed by good edification if it is going to lead to good evangelism.”
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Quantitative Growth The Quantitative Growth is measured
by looking at key numerical ratios that guide any church (no matter the size or location) towards organic and organizational health.
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Quantitative Growth New visitor ratio: How many new visitors do you need in
an average month to grow your church? Baptism Ratio: What is the a healthy percentage
between average worship attendance and number of baptisms annually?
Giving Ratio: What is the healthy dollar amount given per person on a average Sunday?
Serving Ratio: What is a healthy percentage of average attenders and those engage in a ministry?
Small Group Ratio: What is a healthy percentage of those attending on an average weekend and those engaged in a small group?
Membership Ratio: What is a healthy percentage of those attending on an average weekend and those who are committed members?
Leadership Ratio: How many new leaders are added to your leadership community annually?
Staff Ratio: How many full-time pastoral staff should a church have for its size? ©2010 Gary Rohrmayer
Quantitative Growth New visitor ratio: 5:100 – 5% New visitor retention
First Visit: 1:4 – 25% Second visit 3:4 – 75%
Baptism Ratio: 1:10 – 10% Giving Ratio: 20:1 – $20- per a week per person Serving Ratio: 60:100 – 60 roles for every 100
people Small Group Ratio: 7:10 – 70% Membership Ratio: 1:2 – 50% Leadership Ratio: 1:5 – 20% Staff Ratio: 1:150 – 1 full-time pastoral staff for
every 150 adult attenders (18 yrs and above)
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Qualitative Growth
The qualitative health of a local church is measured through the attitudes, feelings and perspectives towards people, programs and the progress of the church.
Natural Church Development is the best tool for uncovering these things.
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International Research Project
1,000 churches
32 countries 18
languages 6 continents
Key Question
What church growth principles are true,
regardless of culture and theological persuasion?
NCD Quality Characteristics
EmpoweringEmpowering Leadership Gift-orientedGift-oriented PassionatePassionate FunctionalFunctional InspiringInspiring HolisticHolistic Need-orientedNeed-oriented LovingLoving
MinistrySpiritualityStructuresWorshipSmall GroupsEvangelismRelationships
The AdjectiveAdjective is the key!©2010 Gary Rohrmayer
NCD Survey ProfileMinimum factor:
Passionate Spirituality
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Quality CharacteristicsQuality Characteristics
Weak SystemWeak System
Church AttendanceChurch Attendance
Identifying and addressing a weak system often results in quantitative growth
Minimum Factor
Church Systems
Systems are theHOW
8 characteristics…WHAT
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What is a Church System?
Church systems are reproducible and interconnected processes by which the church actualizes its values and achieves its mission.
What are some systems that are already at work in your church?
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Does You Church Value … Empowering Empowering Leadership Gift-oriented Gift-oriented Ministry Passionate Passionate Spirituality Functional Functional Structures Inspiring Inspiring Worship Holistic Holistic Small Groups Need-oriented Need-oriented Evangelism Loving Loving Relationships
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If so ...Do you have a reproducible and interconnecting process that …
empowers leaders into the harvest? insures inspiring worship gatherings? encourages evangelism throughout the church? stimulates spiritual passion in every believer? promotes health relationships in your
community? connects people in healthy small groups? deploys people into ministry? builds organizational health?
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The Keys to Designing Healthy Systems
Interdependence – Connecting Multiplication – Reproducing Energy Transformation –
Leveraging Multi-usage – Sustaining Symbiosis – Cooperating Functionality – Evaluating
* NCD Growth Forces
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Systems Designing Principles
InterdependenceMultiplication
Energy transformation
Multi-usage
Sym
bios
isFunctionalityEmpoweringEmpowering Leadership
Understanding growth forces will be the key to developing a healthy church system.
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Phase 1: Prepare for Survey
Phase 2: Analyze Survey Results
Phase 3: Develop Action Plan
Phase 4: Implement & monitor
Phase 5: Evaluate and Repeat
The NCD Implementation Cycle
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Church Health Team Team Leader Strategic Thinker Researcher Intercessor Communicator Members of the Ministry Teams
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What?
NCD Qualitative Goals
How? When?Who?
Set Qualitative Goals
Biotic Strategies Name Date
An Action Plan is a form that defines the desired result, required materials, sequential steps, quality standards, due dates and staff responsibilities for individual business processes. - Michael Gerber©2010 Gary Rohrmayer
Phase 1: Prepare & Take SurveyMay-June
Phase 2: Analyze Survey ResultsJune-July
Phase 3: Develop Action PlanJuly-August
Phase 4: Implement & monitorSeptember-April
Phase 5: Evaluate and RepeatMay-June
A Church Health Rhythm
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After 31 months… 3 surveys
Each quality characteristic averaged a 6% increase.
They have increased their worship attendance by 51%.
Transfer growth decreased and conversion growth increased.
The work-load of the leaders (especially pastors) decreased.
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Crossroads Evangelical ExampleCrossroads Evangelical Example
130 167 212 254 302 363 600
Average yearly worship attendance
Building focus
Building complete
65%
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How to take the NCD Survey? Order it for Converge MidAmerica Identify 30 key influencers Gather them for 1 hr.
20 min. Power Point – Introducing NCD 20 min. Hand out, take and collect survey 20 min. Prayer
Send it to Converge MidAmerica Identify Key Leaders for Church Health
Team
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Converge MidAmericaContact Information for the Ordering the NCD
Materials
Sarah FlashingEmail: [email protected]: 847-692-4125Web: www.convergemidamerica.org
Converge MidAmerica is a missionally driven and gospel centered ministry with a passion for strengthening and starting healthy churches throughout Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas.
©2010 Gary Rohrmayer