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What is Purpose Driven?
Purpose Driven brings balance to our congregation
We believe a congregation must have an intentional process for bringing the lost into relationship with Christ and to encourage its members to purposefully move deeper into their relationship with God. The Purpose Driven process establishes a clear and deliberate structure that makes it easy for every guest to see how to take further steps toward God and helps every member to consistently measure personal progress in his or her own spiritual growth. We believe that to create a healthy, balanced, growing congregation, it takes more than explaining the purposes and more than writing a new mission statement; you must have a deliberate plan to help members incorporate the five purposes (worship, fellowship, discipleship, ministry, missions) into their lives and to keep those purposes balanced. Healthy, balanced members are foundational to a healthy, balanced church.

We use the "concentric circle" model to explain the core Purpose Driven process for bringing people in our community into our congregation and then developing them into core members involved in ministry and missions. In addition, we use a U.S.-styled baseball "diamond" to show the steps, or bases, toward spiritual maturity for each individual and the congregation as a whole.

 

 

Purpose Driven draws attenders into membership

The concentric circle model helps you identify the different levels of commitment within our congregation. It also helps our leadership team quickly see how people's needs differ at each level and what level members should next move toward.

In a sense, you have five different people groups in our church:

  • Community: Those living around our church who never, or occasionally, attend.
  • Crowd: Those who attend our church regularly but are not members.
  • Congregation: Those who are committed to both Christ and membership in our church family.
  • Committed: Those members who are serious about growing to spiritual maturity.
  • Core: Those members who actively serve in ministry and mission in our church.

Each group has unique needs, motives, challenges, and POTENTIAL! Our goal is to support you as we turn an audience into a work force for God.

 

 

Purpose Driven offers an intentional discipleship model

The Purpose Driven process moves people -- from being unchurched and uncommitted -- to a deeper level of spiritual maturity and commitment, where they are involved in ministry and living out their God-shaped mission in the world. We use a U.S.-styled baseball "diamond" to show these steps, or bases, toward spiritual maturity.

Purpose Driven helps our members move deeper in their walk with Christ through:

  • Fellowship: Our members will learn to love each other and to love the lost.
  • Discipleship: Our members will have a consistent focus on growing deeper in their faith.
  • Ministry: Our members will understand their God-given SHAPE and be motivated to serve within our congregation.
  • Evangelism: Our members will begin fulfilling Christ's command to go into all the world, telling and teaching about Jesus.

Next >> Read more about the Characteristics of a Purpose Driven Church.



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