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By: The Vision Room » Local Predicament, Part 2

The Vision Room » Local Predicament, Part 2 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 18:24:34 +0000

[...] If you’d like to learn more about understanding your local predicament and how it fits in to your church’s vision, check out Auxano, and consider doing an Auxano co::lab. [...]

By: The Vision Room » Local Predicament, Part 1

The Vision Room » Local Predicament, Part 1 — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:01:21 +0000

[...] Is your vision impacted by it? If you need help with this, me know if you’re interested in getting some coaching from Auxano on being involved in a future co::lab. [...]

By: Local Predicament: A Case Study (4) | Exponential

Local Predicament: A Case Study (4) | Exponential — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 03:28:03 +0000

[...] I shared last week that when we moved to Las Vegas to start Verve, it was from a church in Virginia Beach with a successful small group ministry that had been the primary venue for discipleship. But we spent a year understanding the “local predicament” of Las Vegas, and realized that small groups would be difficult because it would be difficult to get groups of 10-15 who could all meet at the same time (because of varied work schedules on the Strip) and because people in Vegas are extremely reticent about going into stranger’s homes. So what to do? Well, one of the first steps was to deconstruct small groups. What valuable things happen in a small group? We realized some Bible teaching happens, relationships develop, and hopefully there will be some accountability provided. The second step was constructing a strategy that would replace those valuable missing elements and be effective in developing disciples. Next time I’ll end this series by telling you the strategy we came up with (due to our local predicament) but first, a question for you: Perhaps you’ve been so myopically focused on succeeding with your small group ministry that you haven’t really thought about what needs to happen in individual small groups for them to be successful. What are the critical elements? And are they actually happening? If your small group(s) stopped meeting, what truly valuable things would be missing? If you’d like to learn more about understanding your local predicament and how it should be a part of determining your church’s strategy, read Church Unique, or check out Auxano. And definitely consider doing an Auxano co::lab. [...]

By: Local Predicament: A Case Study (5) | Exponential

Local Predicament: A Case Study (5) | Exponential — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 03:27:47 +0000

[...] I’ve had a short series the last few Thursdays on the importance of understanding your local predicament in constructing your church’s vision, and the strategy you’ll employ to see the vision become reality. The problem is that we tend to to look to success stories in other places, not realizing that where God has specifically placed us and who the people are who make up our town are essential elements in our vision and strategy. Last time I mentioned that we decided that because of cultural issues in Las Vegas, it wouldn’t be wise for us to start our church depending on small groups as a critical piece of our disciple making strategy. This led us to consider: What are valuable things that happen in small groups that we need to replace? And what can we offer to people to help them become disciples? We decided that we needed to provide Bible teaching, fellowship, accountability, and to equip people with some important skills (like: how to study the Bible, how to forgive, how to pray, how to overcome sin, how to share their faith, etc.). What we came up with, in addition to our weekend services (which provide Bible teaching and a chance to worship God through singing, communion, and giving), were Verve University and Micro Groups. Verve University offers six-week courses providing Bible teaching and equipping on those important skills. Micro Groups are three to five guys or ladies meeting once a week for fellowship, accountability, and encouragement. And both of these fit into the culture of Las Vegas – not requiring people to go into stranger’s homes, and allowing us to schedule around work schedules. What’s your church’s strategy for producing disciples? How is that strategy influenced by the place you live and the people you’re reaching? If it’s not, could you have a more effective strategy if you took into consideration your local predicament? If you’d like to learn more about understanding your local predicament and how it should be a part of determining your church’s strategy, read Church Unique, or check out Auxano. And definitely consider doing an Auxano co::lab. [...]

By: The Measure of Our Success: An Impassioned Plea To Pastors – Will Mancini

The Measure of Our Success: An Impassioned Plea To Pastors – Will Mancini — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:13:07 +0000

[...] got to know Sean because he hosted a Vision co::Lab several years ago. Eight other churches met at the Mountain Lake campus, over six months, to work [...]

By: FREE Church Unique Tool by Auxano | MAGsays

FREE Church Unique Tool by Auxano | MAGsays — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:23:43 +0000

[...] has spawned a family of tools including the Vision Deck, the Church Unique Vision Kit, and the co::Lab coaching [...]