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Church
Revitalization
  • “Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria,
  • to the end of the earth”
  • Acts 1:8
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Church
Revitalization
  • Church Revitalization equips the local church to move into their community with an understanding of the context and the beginning of a strategy for penetrating it with the gospel and establishing a Kingdom community. It prepares them for moving into Church Revitalization Networks (CRN) for further skill training and networking with other church revitalization teams near them.
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Church Revitalization is a workshop designed to accomplish the following objectives:
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Characteristics of Church Revitalization
  • Utilizes a church revitalization team
  • Models team-ship and mentoring
  • Consists of a variety of contextual issues critical to church revitalization
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Thirteen Units
  • Overview
  • Prayer
  • Vision
  • Values
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Thirteen Units - continued
  • Focus Group
  • Mission Statement
  • Relationships
  • Core Group
  • Leadership Development
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Thirteen Units - continued
  • Small Groups
  • Worship
  • Master Plan
  • Mileposts
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Church Revitalization provides
a customized set of materials developed by the Church Revitalization Team that consists of the following;

  • 1. A draft of a vision statement.
  • 2. A rudimentary list of focused values.
  • 3. A draft of a mission statement.
  • 4. A prayer team enlistment strategy.
  • 5. A beginning plan for evangelism.
  • 6. A potential church systems design.
  • 7. A flowchart of critical mileposts.
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Church
Revitalization
  • Answers the question, “What does God want to do in every church?”
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Church
Revitalization
  • Through the local church, God wants to do
  • EVANGELISM
  • DISCIPLESHIP
  • FELLOWSHIP
  • MINISTRY
  • WORSHIP
  • MISSIONS
  • Acts 2:38-47
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Church
Revitalization
  • Systematically evaluates the effectiveness of current church practice and asks “What needs to be ADJUSTED or STARTED?”
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Church
Revitalization
  • Helps churches develop a strategy that will result in changes that need to be made in order to affect the community surrounding the church.
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Church
Revitalization
  • “Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria,
  • to the ends of the earth”
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Church
Revitalization
  • For more information, please contact the Baptist Association of Greater Baton Rouge
  • (225) 296-3943