HEALTHCHECKHEALTHCHECK

““10 Signs of a 10 Signs of a Healthy Church”Healthy Church”

Healthy ChurchesHealthy Churches

• Research by Canon Robert Research by Canon Robert Warren and Dr Janet HodgsonWarren and Dr Janet Hodgson

•Springboard TeamSpringboard Team

A Healthy A Healthy Church……..Church……..

•……. (1) . (1) Energises Energises faithfaith

•a place for a place for people to people to growgrow

A Healthy A Healthy Church…...Church…...

•……. (2) has an . (2) has an outward outward looking focuslooking focus

•heart for heart for missionmission

A Healthy A Healthy Church……..Church……..•..(3) seeks to ..(3) seeks to

find out what find out what God wantsGod wants

•discerning discerning God’s bestGod’s best

A Healthy Church…A Healthy Church…

•.. (4) is .. (4) is willing to willing to face to cost face to cost of growth of growth and changeand change

•Risk-takingRisk-taking

A Healthy Church….A Healthy Church….

•……(5) has an (5) has an enabling enabling leadershipleadership

•Release = Release = growthgrowth

A Healthy Church...A Healthy Church...

•… … (6) has a (6) has a participative participative laitylaity

•Building a Building a teamteam

A Healthy Church….A Healthy Church….

•……. (7) is a . (7) is a loving loving communitycommunity

•Family livingFamily living

A Healthy Church….A Healthy Church….

•……(8) sees (8) sees discipleship as discipleship as a life-long a life-long journey of faithjourney of faith

•Crisis/Crisis/Process???????Process?????????????

A Healthy Church...A Healthy Church...

•..(9) ..(9) practises practises what it what it preachespreaches

•Word awareWord aware

A Healthy Church….A Healthy Church….

•……(10) does a (10) does a few things - few things - wellwell

•Why on earth Why on earth are we here?are we here?

Healthy ChurchesHealthy Churches

•SPRINGBOARDSPRINGBOARD

•4 Old Station Yard4 Old Station Yard

•Abingdon, OxonAbingdon, Oxon

•OX14 3LDOX14 3LD

•01235 55372201235 553722

How Do They See How Do They See Me?Me?

How a church views its How a church views its ministerminister

Devoted Fans?Devoted Fans?

•The unreal The unreal world of world of the cult the cult super-super-herohero??

Harsh Critics?Harsh Critics?

•We’re We’re here to here to put you put you right….right….

Over protective Over protective Mothers?Mothers?

•Worried Worried and over-and over-anxious anxious about the about the Pastors Pastors needs?needs?

Mindless Disciples?Mindless Disciples?

•Are we Are we making making disciples of disciples of ChristChrist

•Or clones of Or clones of ourselves?ourselves?

Tough Employers?Tough Employers?

•““That’s That’s what we what we pay you pay you for……”for……”

An NT PerspectiveAn NT Perspective

•Hebrews 13Hebrews 13

•(7) ‘Remember your leaders’(7) ‘Remember your leaders’

•(17) ‘Obey your leaders’(17) ‘Obey your leaders’

•(24) ‘Greet your leaders’(24) ‘Greet your leaders’

An NT PerspectiveAn NT Perspective

•ExampleExample

•Authority/AccountabilityAuthority/Accountability

•Koinonia = true fellowshipKoinonia = true fellowship

God’s Building God’s Building ProgrammeProgramme

•Growth in Growth in GraceGrace

•Growth in Growth in FaithFaith

•Growth in Growth in NumbersNumbers

Going for GrowthGoing for Growth

•QualityQuality

•QuantityQuantity

•Philippians Philippians 1:9ff1:9ff