Purpose The purpose of this operating procedure is to establish, document, and communicate the process for planning and designing weekend services at YOUR CHURCH. Scope The service planning and design process should be used by paid staff and ministry area volunteers as needed for understanding of and participation in planning and design of weekend services at YOUR CHURCH. This process does not include detailed … [Read more...]
Another “People Process”
The "How To" When It Comes To Helping People Make The Decision To Be Baptized
Above all else, the church should be very intentional about helping people make the most important decision of their lives, the decision to be baptized. And like all other important processes in the church, helping people cross the line of faith and be baptized should be formalized, put on paper, and practiced consistently. Here's an outline of a good system of continuously keeping this most crucial decision in … [Read more...]
Building “People Processes”
Using Church Community Builder To Connect And Grow People
One of the things I love about Church Community Builder (CCB) is the ability to build and automate "people processes." You know, like assimilation, serving, spiritual growth and development, etc. In the post, Workflow Process Implementation, I describe the use of "workflow tools" to implement processes and procedures. At my church, we used two different "tools" for implementing workflow processes. The fundamental … [Read more...]
Donor Retention
Measuring Donor Retention Is A Good First Step In Any Donor Development Strategy
I've said (and written) it many times; "If you're not measuring it, you're probably not managing it." Words to live by, don't you think? I first posted on the topic of Donor Development a long time ago with ... Learning So Much About Church Donor Behavior! I was introducing a new tool I had found that makes "measurement" easy. The tool is a giving Capacity Assessor, and the company is MortarStone. We're still … [Read more...]