Pastor Steven Gibbs described the
initiative this way: “We want to be a
daily type of church—a church that
moves church beyond Sunday and
into the everyday lives of people. We
want to mobilize people to create
lasting change in the world daily.”
With that in mind, the leadership
team prayed about the campaign
and solicited every Stonecreek
volunteer to pray with them as
well. The whole staff team met
twice a week to pray. They also
communicated regularly with the
church throughout the campaign,
including sharing stories of people
turning on lightbulbs to acknowledge
their new faith in Jesus.
You can celebrate along with
Stonecreek, because last Easter
they reached their goal of seeing
365 people accept Christ. I love
that intentionality and focus around
fulfilling God’s vision of people being
saved daily. You might argue with their
strategy, but it produced fruit—good
fruit.
This good-fruit philosophy can be
applied to help you and your team
make all kinds of decisions for the
future. Is someone ready to step into
a leadership role? Is his or her life
producing good fruit? Do we launch
a new ministry program? Do we know
what type of good fruit we expect?
If so, will the new ministry produce it?
Should we continue offering an all-
church event that we’ve done for the
past several years? Is the event still
producing good fruit? If you ever run
into a situation where something’s not
producing good fruit, it’s time to prune
that branch so the tree can regain
health.
Tony Morgan is the Lead Strategist
and founder of the Unstuck Group,
a consulting group that has served
hundreds of churches throughout
the world since its launch in 2009. For
14 years, Tony served on the senior
leadership teams of West Ridge
Church (Dallas, GA), NewSpring
Church (Anderson, SC) and Granger
Community Church (Granger, IN).
Tony has authored more than a
dozen books and ebooks which
offer valuable. practical solutions
for different aspects of church
ministry. He has also been featured
through his writing and speaking with
organizations that serve churches
including the Willow Creek Association,
Outreach Magazine, Catalyst and
Pastors.com.
Adapted excerpt from The Unstuck Church by Tony
Morgan.
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