This Table comes from a design document that was developed as a “Fronts of Change” in the church. It is not comprehensive, because there are so many aspects of what could be improved. It is simply to invite comment and discussion.
Church Culture and the “Community” of Church, Leadership and the Culture of Change, Discipleship and Transformation, Governance. All of these areas need to be addressed in The Church today.
| Church Culture and Community | Category | Sub-Category |
| Easy Accessibility | ||
| Come as You Are – Because He Brought You | ||
| Fewer Barriers – To Access God | ||
| Fantastic Experiences – With God and Each Other | ||
| Clear Options – Where Do I Connect? | ||
| Grab a Towel | ||
| First Serves – Quickly Helping | ||
| Community vs Consumer – Not Selling a Product | ||
| Everyone Plays – No Spectators | ||
| Christ-Modeled Inclusion – Come Along | ||
| Serving and Redeeming the Community | ||
| Unconditional Generosity – No Strings to Love | ||
| Being a Blessing – Ambassadors of Reconciliation | ||
| Preferring the “Other” – Above Ourselves | ||
| Roots of Love in Our Soil – Growing Fruit | ||
| Open, Honest, Authentic | ||
| Grace – Both Saving and Transforming | ||
| Inclusion – If God Brought You, Let’s Go | ||
| Humble – We are not all that…. | ||
| Transparent – Being Known AND Loved | ||
| Interfacing to Culture | ||
| Centered Truth – With Cultural Reach | ||
| Compassion and Connection to Truth – vs – Empathy | ||
| Reaching and Redeeming – To Make Cultural Ambassadors | ||
| Speaking Truth with Grace and Love – Not Avoiding Difficult Conversations | ||
| Leadership Culture and Growth | ||
| Preferring | ||
| Wanting Other Ministries to Succeed | ||
| Not a Competition – Resources Come from Him | ||
| Being a Blessing – God Gifts, We Give Away | ||
| With You Mentality – Together, as an Army | ||
| Humility | ||
| Vulnerability – Honest Assessment | ||
| Grace – Seeing Others as God Sees Them | ||
| Teachability – What is God Telling Me? | ||
| Active Listening – Not Presumptive Presentation Preempting Dialogue | ||
| Teaching and Training | ||
| Core Theology and Beliefs – All Learn and Own Vineyard Values, Kingdom Tensions, Grace, Key Truths | ||
| Philosophy of Ministry – All Learn and Own | ||
| Tool Training – Practical and Useful – Prayer, Hearing God, Ministry Skills, Organizing, Shepherding and Ranching | ||
| Giving Away Ministry Skills – Always Generous | ||
| Open, Honest, Authentic | ||
| Absolute Team – Close-in Handful of Honest Love | ||
| Vulnerability – Leaders Who Live Out in the Open | ||
| Relational Intimacy – Leaders who Learn to Love | ||
| Grace – Leaders Who Demonstrate Consistently | ||
| Gift, Calling, Equipping | ||
| Understanding that Jesus IS Building His Church | ||
| Stewardship of Each Person to Grow in their Calling | ||
| An Equipping and Releasing Culture – Releasing Giftedness | ||
| Learning to Be One Called, One Alongside, One Submitted | ||
| Understanding How God Builds Ministry | ||
| Ideas, Vision, Risk – The role of an apostolic gifting and leadership, | ||
| Correction and Direction – The roles of prophet, admonishment, exhortation, in providing integrity to a vision or idea | ||
| Story and Growth – The role of evangelists to tell the good news of the vision and what God is doing | ||
| Heart and Care – As people coalesce around the vision, shepherds and pastors are necessary to care for those God brings | ||
| Teaching and Replication – God then draws those who are gifted to replicate the ideas and vision as teachers | ||
| Supporting and Serving – All along, God brings those who serve and support, to build up and help facilitate the community | ||
| Disciple Making and Transformation | ||
| Give and Receive Love | ||
| Small Groups of Love – Chesed Attachment | ||
| Seeing Others as God Sees Them – Everyone Given Hope that They Can Be Transformed | ||
| Home/Work/Play/Church – Well Rounded Values | ||
| Paradigm of Maturing through Giving and Receiving Love – How we Become Like Jesus | ||
| Serve With | ||
| Inclusion / Come Along – The Jesus Way | ||
| Grow as you GO – Meat is in the Street | ||
| For One Another – With One Another | ||
| Intentional Experiences / Internship Types – Everyone Grows as They Serve Together | ||
| Teaching and Training | ||
| Core Theology and Beliefs – Everyone Learns | ||
| Philosophy of Ministry – Understanding Why | ||
| Reproduction – Learning to Pass On To Others | ||
| Specific Skills and Tools – Practical Training | ||
| Release | ||
| Vision and Hearing God Training – Basic Listening Prayer | ||
| Igniting From a Holy Spirit Spark – What is the Father Doing? | ||
| That’s a Great Idea – Let’s Start! – Partnering with the Holy Spirit | ||
| Guardrails and Rumblestrips, not Stop Signs – Trust that the Lord Leads | ||
| Organization and Governance | ||
| Opportunities | ||
| People over Plans – Systems that Serve People | ||
| Always have a number of open positions ready | ||
| Communication of Vision and Mission – Always | ||
| Reward Generosity in Ministry | ||
| Partnership | ||
| Board / Elders / Leaders / Staff Together / People | ||
| Financial Transparency – Monthly/Quarterly/Annually | ||
| Consistent Communication of Vision and Mission | ||
| Investment in Opportunities Wherever God Leads | ||
| Connected Vision | ||
| Board/Elders Serving Alongside – Part of the Community | ||
| Business / Professional / Leadership / Spiritual Background – Giftedness + Calling | ||
| Board/Elders Own Vision and Mission | ||
| Rotation of Terms with Sabbaticals – In all Positions | ||
| Accountability and Maturity | ||
| Privacy not Secrecy – Trust and Integrity | ||
| Consistent Reporting in All Areas – Public, Leadership, and People | ||
| Absolute Honest Core Relationships Required at All Times, With Reporting – Accountability with Love | ||
| Commit to Maturity in Leadership – Each Growing to be more Like Jesus |
