Dear family, about two month ago 30 selected members
of our church family participated in our annual opinion poll of church
life. 27 did return the survey. Below you see a bar-graph of results. For
comparison our last year’s (2009) results are also plotted, together with our
first survey (2005), and our highest average year (2007).
The overall results during the past five years are
good, we had experienced growth. Emphasis
on “every believer a minister” and providing opportunities for people to get
involved in ministry according to their spiritual giftedness shows
results! Our worship experience has been
a blessing. Improvement has been shown
in relationships and community groups. Passionate spirituality is our strength.
It
is obvious that we “dropped the ball” on evangelism this year. However, the greatest concern is the trend in
leadership, where empowerment is not taking place, mentoring and teamwork is
lacking. The results were not a
surprise, as elders had expressed recently the need for relationship and
teamwork building, moving to facilitate elders meetings in homes, rather than
in a formal setting. I had shared these
results with the Board last week, and we will further discuss how we as a family
will grow in these three areas: relationships, groups, leadership.
Right
now a taskforce is much needed to
facilitate the improvement: strategic
thinker, researcher, intercessor, communicator, team leader.
The
“church health” team needs spiritually mature people, who exercise personal
spiritual disciplines and who have a heart for God and his kingdom, people who
can see the big picture, who are not lost in the details, people who can make
dreams become reality, who can bring the idea into practice, people who are
committed to see the church grow. Enthusiasm for the church is contagious and
motivates others. If you sense God’s
calling and want to participate in this process, please email me, or talk to
myself or elder Mike Keim.
Pray
without ceasing for the revival of our church.
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