The Church Organization Process

Many churches suffer from too few families controlling the life of the church. One of my members once said, "It's hard to get in here, but once you're in you're in." To which I replied, "And the Spirit of God weeps."

What factors have led to Church & Dwight 's long history of slow and stable growth?

In the Introduction section of the book, The Hidden Lives of Congregations, Israel Galindo states that a congregation is a “corporate relationship organization” (3) and is not an organization. He points out that the hidden life of a congregation would depict the “nature” of a congregation. This further identifies the relationships and faith of the congregation. According to him, the universal principles are followed by the congregations so that “systemic relationships” can work. The leaders learn the roles that they have within the people who are the congregation. The journal will focus on Dr. Fowler’s question “what is the purpose of this gathering we call the church?”

These examples lead me to conclude that Church Administration has not changed. In fact it cannot change because it is based biblically on the foundation of the bible. Dr. Robertson noted that we need to not only “read” our history but we should “talk” about our history. Doing this allows us to address issues that may have happened before and not address them for the first time. If we begin to change the way we administer God’s church we no longer become God’s church we are then just an

God loves his Church and Jesus is the one who builds the Church. Then, it goes without saying that God loves the local church and Jesus builds the local church. Unfortunately, there are many factors that come into play, causing churches to become complacent or stagnate before entering into a season of decline. Yet this can be avoided through the process of revitalization.

Women play a complex role in Robert Orsi’s The Madonna on 115th Street, at some points exercising power and at other points exercising less power than men. In Italian Harlem when describing a “domus,” the woman at the center is the one actually being described. A domus, according to Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie, “constitute[s] a formidable reservoir of power and counter-power which could hold out with some degree of success against the external powers surrounding it.” Italian women in Harlem had no direct power in the outside world, but they were able to use their sphere of influence to leave their mark. The power that women in Italian Harlem have is given to them by the matriarchal society modeled by the church.

The individuals that make up a church are builders. These builders have the ability, through Christ, to define, illustrate, measure, and discuss a ministry blueprint that will help bring clarity to their church’s ministry process. This process will not only help define what the goals of their church are, but also how to reach those goals. In addition to bringing clarity to the vision of the church, having this ministry blueprint in place will help the leaders in their church communicate and be understood even more effectively.

According to the authors, Rainer and Geiger, “simple churches” or dynamic churches, experience a steady increase in the number of members that join their church each year. Churches that experience this annual growth in membership are more likely to have established programs and events that effectively share the gospel with the unsaved and aid in the progression of the church’s congregants’ spiritual development. Paradoxically, churches who do not experience this growth are likely to be “complex churches,” which have ineffective ministries that fail to evangelize and aid in the progressive of congregants’ spiritual development. Rainer and Geiger offer the church leader a

As a Christian the best leadership structure for the body of believers we have was given to use by Jesus Christ. He taught us how to love (God with all our heart) and who to love (thy neighbor), which results in us being better leaders. Naturally, each church reads the same scripture but interprets it differently and has a different leadership style as a result of that. Three church’s constitutions in particular will be the subject of discussion. I will compare and contrast the leadership structures of the three, list positives and negatives, interpret what I see the preferred church leadership structure and interpret what the constitution reveals about each church.

“A Three-month plan for pastoral transition at Oak Grove Baptist Church which will strengthen unity and promote Church Growth”

My current organizational context is represented by the House LA Church, where I am temporary assisting its leadership team in further church development. This young church primarily consists of Millennials with Asian and Latino backgrounds. While the majority of the church members are single, there are also several couples with small kids and some older adults. The main missional focus of the House LA Church is to facilitate spiritual transformation among young adults from diverse cultural backgrounds, mostly 2nd generation immigrants who currently live in Los Angeles. My responsibilities in this organization include designing leadership development process and coordinating the Alpha Course

Times have changed over the years from simple to downright chaotic. As a child I could not wait until Sunday morning, so I could attend bible school, and during summer we would attend Bible School. Even after I became an adult I even sang in the choir. Church has always been the structure of my life as a child and as an adult. At one time families worshiped God together as a unit, as a whole where he was welcomed into their homes. Now times have changed where God is no longer welcomed in homes, and the blessing is no longer said at the dinner table. Leaving God out of the mix brings chaos, destruction, loss of jobs and families as well as losing children to the evil entities. Bible school was the highlight of summer. Attending there making

Both the doctrines and dogmas of the Church display to us the proper way to act and the things to do in order to be holy. These principles laid down by the authority of the church, serve as a primary basis for our holiness and understanding of the church. When we consider the teachings of the church is it evident that they are vitally important for growing in Christ. As a church community, we challenge and push each other into lives of holiness. God wants us to not only have a good relationship with him but with others. As a church community, we can better understand the concept of having good relationships, and this will ultimately lead us into a stronger relationship with God. When anyone is in need of a “spiritual fix” the Church is always there to help and provide holy answers to the situation. A community of believers, believing in the same principles can further develop faith. If something is unclear or unknown, the Church community of believers is there to help so everyone is united in mind and thought. Fellowship of a church community is a necessity and aids with the prosperity of the Church. As a united church community, stronger relationships will be present and holiness will enhance.

The general purpose of authority is to promote order in human society."(126) Trull and Carter state power measure a person's potential to get others to do what he or she wants them to do, avoiding forced to do a task. (95) Moreover, in ministry Trull and Carter points out, the appropriate authority should be used to build up the church, to strengthen and teach people, and to fulfill the ministry to which God has called the minister. (94) Ministers having power and authority in the church does not mean dictatorship. The congregants have a voice.

After going through this class, my stance on these ideas haven’t really changed; they are all the same even though we try to keep them apart, but they cannot exist alone. But my ideas of if they are evil or bad have changed, I sometimes don’t want this or tend to ignore it, but that makes me horrible pastor. Sadly, to present these ideas to congregations, a certain kind of trust needs to be ensued. Amos is the best to present these ideas of a church is going a certain way or if they wish to study the different effects that money, power, and cult is how our world and how people are run by these. And to get these views out I have chosen a few chapters: chapters two and three, with the way one is to respond to idea of power, the end of chapter five in worship and our cult, and lastly chapter seven with our responsibilities to the needy.