50 | Taking Inventory – 8 Characteristics of Growing Churches

What are the key characteristics of a growing church?

In this episode, Pastors Chris and Matt discuss the importance of taking inventory and detecting problems within your church early. They introduce a new health assessment tool from GrowLeader and share the eight qualities that all growing churches possess, including passionate spirituality, gift-oriented ministry, empowering leadership, functional structures, inspiring worship, holistic small groups, need-oriented evangelism, and loving relationships.

This is a great episode to share with your team so we can all be looking for areas we can improve to reach more people!

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Episode Resources:

- Unleash your leadership potential by following along with our Show Notes with discussion questions and Timeline below! https://hubs.li/Q02n4N1d0

- Received updates on Church Assessment: https://share.hsforms.com/10rT-P4odTkiLNS49X2CCqQc7x14

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All things GrowLeader:

- Register for upcoming Regionals in 2024: https://www.growleader.com/regionals

- Learn more about Monthly Mentoring with Pastor Chris: https://www.growleader.com/monthlymentoring

- Access free church resources: https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/resources

- Develop a Kingdom Builders or Legacy Team: https://www.growleader.com/kbvirtualintensive

- Watch the GrowLeader Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@GrowLeaderTeam

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Follow along on Socials:

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- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@growleader

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/growleader

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Thank you to our partners!

- Compassion International: https://www.compassion.com/growleader

- StudioC: https://www.thestudioc.org/growleader

- Wesleyan Investment Foundation: https://www.wifonline.com/growleader

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Timeline:

00:00 - Highlight

00:29 - Intro

03:46 - Church Assessment

11:30 - Natural Church Development

18:27 - 1. Passionate Spirituality

20:53 - 2. Gift-Oriented Ministry

22:42 - 3. Empowering Leadership

24:48 - 4. Functional Structures

25:37 - 5. Inspiring Worship

29:58 - 6. Holistic Small Groups

30:29 - 7. Need-Oriented Evangelism

31:09 - 8. Loving Relationships

34:07 - Thank you, Partners!