Needing to know if anyone has any good systems for determining how effective a particular ministry area is in a church. Will need to be making some of these kinds of evaluations in the near future and would welcome any advice.
I would simply examine the fruit. If it is fruitful (people being saved, delivered, healed, etc) then it’s effective. If people are more in love with Jesus and seek to know Him more and serve others, then great. If you do not see this fruit, then it is not effective. It may look great and have alot of support from others and may be effective elsewhere, but if it doesn’t bear fruit in your community of faith try something else.
December 26th, 2009 at 11:15 am
I would simply examine the fruit. If it is fruitful (people being saved, delivered, healed, etc) then it’s effective. If people are more in love with Jesus and seek to know Him more and serve others, then great. If you do not see this fruit, then it is not effective. It may look great and have alot of support from others and may be effective elsewhere, but if it doesn’t bear fruit in your community of faith try something else.
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John 15, James
December 26th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
read genesis
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December 26th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I would agree with what Counselor said. One thing I would also add is to examine the motives for the ministry. There are a lot of churches that are doing things just because that is how they have always done them. Some people may have even forgotten why they are being done in the first place. Don’t discount a ministry just because it has been done for a long time, but longevity does not necessarily equal effectiveness.
Secondly, I would strongly suggest you bring in an outside consultant. He or she can look more at ministries more objectively and can say thing that church leaders cannot. People often become very attached to their ministries and are unable to look at them objectively.
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December 26th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Are people touched, moved and inspired to love God, self, and others more through tangible giving and service? (Are you moving toward fulfilling the mission statement of your ministry organization?)
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December 26th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
I can tell you about what I did NOT like about a particular church, so to avoid those things….the position of the pastor was that he "did not make house calls." I have seen this in several churches. The good shepherd is supposed to go after the lost sheep. Current pastors expect the lost to come to church so they won’t have to go looking for the lost sheep. This is a convenience issue. Lost sheep are lost. You will not find them in church…I currently do not go to church because of this issue. I have now an adult child who is lost. I was a single mom looking for someone to give me backup at home to witness to her. It was me against all her friends. No one was interested. I was told to bring her to church. Even when I managed to do this, no one cared, or witnessed to her.I was faithful to a church that did not care back about my own child. You have hit a nerve in a parent when you indicate who they love most is not important to you, and not worth the effort. No ministry area is effective if they don’t care about the lost, which is the focus of any ministry, whether it is the pastor’s role or the musician’s. It is fine to build up the members, but you have to remember, if someone had not cared enough to witness to them, they would not be there now in your pews. Ministry is only effective when others feel like they are really cared about as individuals…..so take a survey..and pray you don’t have dispairing moms struggling with their kids alone with no one to help them….thank you…
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