Peter Drucker allegedly said, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."
If strategy is breakfast, your church structure is on the lunch menu.
If you hope to make disciples who make disciples and plant churches that plant churches, you must first address the root culture that influences everything you attempt.
Beginning with just 12 people in 1971, Hope Chapels number more than 2,600 congregations worldwide. That equals an estimated quarter of a million people, not counting those who have "moved" to heaven. The key to growth is simple multiplication. You'll learn to bring multiplication into the culture of your own congregation in this series of teachings. You'll find more free courses, a blog and a weekly podcast at ralphmoore.net.
Everything you do should be value driven. Most churches operate as a gathering of silos--good ministries operating in a semi-independent fashion. Linking everything from skills to structure is a move toward bringing separate elements into alignment with the mission--the Great Commission. You'll find more free courses, a blog and a weekly podcast at ralphmoore.net.
Discover the biblical underpinnings of the Hope Chapel Movement (hopechapelchurches.com). Making disciples and multiplying churches is not complicated--costly yes, but not difficult. However, this is true only if we sacrifice our worship of programs on the altar of the Testament. You'll learn to simplify everything you do in direct alignment to mission. You'll find more free courses, a blog and a weekly podcast at ralphmoore.net.
Explore shifts, or pivots, made in the church's early history. These led to its rapid rise in the second and third centuries. You'll learn how to pivot similarly from slavery to "growing the church" to a more sustainable and less stressful approach to church leadership. You'll find more free courses, a blog and a weekly podcast at ralphmoore.net.
Attempt anything new and you'll face opposition. Sadly disciplemaking and church multiplication feel new to people who are used to a program-centric church experience. You may find that roadblocks take the form of some of your closest friends and most valued members. The solution? Communicate, communicate and communicate. Toss in a bit of perseverance and you're headed toward victory. You'll find more free courses, a blog and a weekly podcast at ralphmoore.net.