7. Are you empowering the people of God to do God’s work?
This is the Ephesians 4:12-13 question. Declining churches pay people to do all the ministry. Growing churches challenge people to use their gifts.
8. Are you developing leaders?
This includes both spiritual discipleship and leadership mentoring, and I think it’s what’s going to distinguish the churches that last longer than one generation.
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9. Is my community any different because of my ministry?
We may need a whole new set of measures to confirm whether or not our churches are really making an impact.
10. Do believers see their ministry happening only at the church, or have they become missionaries to their families, their neighborhoods, their workplaces, their schools, etc.?
Honestly, I’m really tired of Christians thinking God saved them to go church on Sunday and then eventually experience Heaven. Our purpose is much bigger than that.
11. Do I have the right leaders around me to accomplish the vision?
Read Exodus 18:18-23. This isn’t some new business leadership principle. This is biblical advice that’s been around for thousands of years and still applies today.
