Here’s the line-up of topics we can customize for your ministry team:
Finding God’s Vision
Becoming a Missional Congregation
Guiding Change, Resolving Conflict
Growing Effective Leaders
Turning Visitors into Members
Small Groups that Grow Churches
Growing Women’s Ministry
Chicago’s Religious Landscape
A Praying Church
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Finding God’s Vision
for your church and community
How is God leading your church to serve your community? Who are the people in your neighborhood? What are their needs? How can you reach them with the gospel? A study of your neighborhood demographics—combined with strategic planning, vision casting, and spiritual discernment—will prepare your church for refocused, effective ministry.
Becoming a Missional Congregation
through global strategy and local outreach
“Missional” is part of today’s vocabulary, but what does it mean to be a missional church? How can your members become missionaries in their everyday lives? This session will help develop your church’s missions strategy, in the neighborhood nearby and across the globe.
Guiding Change, Resolving Conflict
by re-engineering your church’s DNA
Is it time to redream the dream? To refresh your work? To launch new ministries? Do you hesitate to make bold changes because of opposition and conflict? By exploring “The Life Cycle of the Church” and “The Slippery Slope of Conflict,” you can lead change without blowing up the church.
Growing Effective Leaders
including deacons and program directors
We hear these comments quite often: “What do deacons do?” “Our church is considering a new outreach; who will lead it?” “Can you train our new small group coordinator?” We will customize the training for a specialized group of leaders (such as deacons or elders) or train your entire leadership team (from ministry directors to outreach team). With study of biblical foundations for leadership and contemporary practices from many churches, we can help you can build a strong team.
Turning Visitors into Members
through intentional assimilation
Your big event was well attended, but few people returned. Other visitors attend your services for a few weeks or months, but they don’t “stick.” With the right planning and prayer, you can lead guests to join your church—and become active members of the church family.
Small Groups that Grow Churches
and discipleship that transforms lives
Call it Sunday school, Bible study, discipleship class, small groups, or whatever you like. It’s the teaching and discipling ministry of your church. But is it working? Do people get actively involved? Are lives transformed? Effective learning-groups and service-groups will change lives and grow your church.
Growing Women’s Ministry
for evangelism, discipleship, and service
The busy, complex nature of city life demands new approaches to women’s ministry. Women may be interested in missions, outreach, Bible study, fellowship, or community service. Whatever form it takes, their desire to minister will spread the gospel and grow your church. Build up the women’s ministry and you will build up the church.
Chicago’s Religious Landscape
with outreach to Muslims, Hindus, and more
Chicagoland is home to millions of immigrant peoples from all religious traditions. They are our neighbors and co-workers—and they need Christ. Many Christians feel unprepared to share their faith with others who have very different beliefs. And many churches are missing opportunities to touch unreached people groups right here in our city. Until now.
A Praying Church
changes the community
Moody, Spurgeon, and Graham all credited the success of their ministries to prayer. Brooklyn Tabernacle saw its crime-ridden area transformed by a weekly prayer meeting. Likewise, the success of our churches depends of praying members. Your church will be inspired to pray with effective techniques for prayer and models for prayer ministries that work. Learn FRANgelism, with prayer for lost friends, relatives, acquaintances, and neighbors. And pray to save the city.
Call Mindy Cobb at the CMBA Office to schedule your Chicagoland OnDemand event.
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