Resource Recommendation

Thursday, 28 January 2010 08:38

ReFocusing by Church Resource Ministries

Recommended by Rodney Veldhuizen

ReFocusing, from Church Resource Ministries, is a two-phase revitalization process that integrates the personal renewal of leaders with the revitalization of their churches. You can find information on the refocusing program by clicking here.

While you may not want to engage in the full two-year process, assembling your leadership team for the three visioning summits is a very valuable exercise. Visioning summits are extended conversations around the questions such as: Where have we been? Where are we going? and How are we going to get there? The interim minister who served my current congregation took the church leadership through the process before my arrival; when the congregation participated in the NCD survey, our scores were the highest in our group and, at that time, the highest in our region. The only variable had been the intentional focusing process initiated by the interim minister. We continue to use this focusing process on a regular basis (in an abbreviated format) to keep ourselves thinking about where God is at work and how we could best join him.