Ministry Action Plan Summary
NEW CHURCH DEVELOPMENT / Parent MAP, Version 6.2 (July, 2015)Vision & Strategic Objective
Vision: A Generative Church Planting system of flourishing new faith communities advancing the Kingdom of God and transforming Kentucky
Near term Objective: Give vibrancy and growth to the UMC in KY by planting generative new faith
communities
System & Strategy / Dates / Point
9 District Teams with Strategic Plans for one NFC every year / EXECUTIVE (Operational): Resource and Supervise District teams to help grow a vision / generative strategy / support system / accountability to planting new faith communities in their region. / 2016 / Eric
Bryant
135 Potential Planters
(15 / district)
8 Trained Coaches / LEADERSHIP: Recruit, Equip, Coach, and Deploy gifted new church planters (elders, FT/PT Bi-vocational Local Pastors, laity). / 2017 / Iosmar Alvarez
2 regional Planter Covenant Groups,
1 prospective Planter Group
? Workshop/retreat / SUPPORT: Implement a system of support, evaluation, and education to strengthen planters and NFC teams in their specific context.
Core Competencies: Launching Large, Discipleship,
Stewardship/fundraising, Networking (Team-based ministry) / 2015
2016 / Grace Rockstroh
New Web-site
Excellent Annual
Conference forum
Conference-wide
Communications
4 “operative” LMPN’s / CULTURE AND COMMUNICATIONS: Cultivate a positive and contagious mindset among our conference toward our need of new faith communities.
Change from “church-me” to “Kingdom-we” / 2015 / Scott
Wilson
5 Hispanic
2 Multi-ethnic
2 other
1 International / HISPANIC/ETHNIC MINORITY/INTERNATIONAL: Become more intentional in creating new ethnic and multi-ethnic communities of faith that can reach our richly diverse neighborhoods, both in KY and abroad. / 2017 / Eliseo
Mejia
Growing Budget
Conference-wide donor program
New funding stream / FINANCE/STEWARDSHIP: Provide oversight, resources, and seed-funding to new faith starts and establish multi-faceted streams of revenue for furthering the movement. / 2016 / Larry
Epley
Context
· Kentucky continues to grow by .7% per year;
>1 million new people since 1990
· Average age in KY: 39 KYUMC: 60
7.7% African-American 2.8% Latino / 852 churches
Avg loss of 835/yr in worship attendance
>70% of churches had 1 or fewer POF’s
65% of churches are stagnant or declining
Mission
To prayerfully and strategically partner with our Bishop, districts, pastors and leaders to enable, resource, and facilitate the launching new faith communities in the Wesleyan tradition, both in Kentucky and abroad.
Values
Ministry Action Plan Summary
· Prayer and our need of the Holy Spirit· Biblical Mandates (Go, Great commission, NT Letters)
· Innovation/taking risks for the Kingdom
· Multiplication / · Diversity
· Loving Accountability
· Team Leadership
· Networking
· High Expectation