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    The document discusses the importance of order and proper record keeping for a church. It notes that a church could face trouble if it has multiple versions of instructions, stray practices without approval, cannot find needed records when requested, has files taken or damaged, takes too long to find documents, lacks documented plans, uses imprecise language in reports, fails to meet goals or take corrective action, lacks clear task requirements or documentation of staff qualifications, has confused delegation of responsibilities, or changes procedures without documentation. The document encourages leaving an imprint that captures the church's service through orderly organization in line with God's design.

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    Strengthening Church Ministry Seminar

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    00 Establishing A Welcoming Church

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    The Church With A The Church With A

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    The document discusses the importance of order and proper record keeping for a church. It notes that a church could face trouble if it has multiple versions of instructions, stray practices without approval, cannot find needed records when requested, has files taken or damaged, takes too long to find documents, lacks documented plans, uses imprecise language in reports, fails to meet goals or take corrective action, lacks clear task requirements or documentation of staff qualifications, has confused delegation of responsibilities, or changes procedures without documentation. The document encourages leaving an imprint that captures the church's service through orderly organization in line with God's design.

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    The Church with a

    HEART

    “Sustaining a
    Welcoming Church”
    Find any thing you
    find that you
    appreciate
    What do you notice?

    Isn’t it beautiful?
    Isn’t it carefully
    designed?

    Isn’t it orderly
    arranged?
    What does all these
    tell us?
    God is a God of order

    Others call it natural law


    What we wish to avoid
    in the church?
    We might be in trouble if…

    1. We have multiple versions


    of the same instructions in
    the church.

    - There is no standard instruction


    We might be in trouble if…

    2. We have “stray” practice /


    instructions

    - without the proper approvals


    and
    We might be in trouble if…
    3. We can’t find the records we’re looking
    for, or records that we need when
    requested.
    We might be in trouble if…
    3. Records we need to keep
    - History
    - Articles of Faith
    - By-Laws, Church Vision, Mission
    - Organizational structure
    - Building permits
    - Contracts
    - Government recognition papers
    - MOAs
    - Important Receipts
    - Property inventories
    We might be in trouble if…

    4. Someone has taken our


    file record and we don’t
    know who and/or when.
    We might be in trouble if…
    5. We find the records, properties covered in
    coffee stains, and/or food.
    - Chairs / pews
    - Office
    - Rooms
    - Working tables
    - Restrooms
    - Tools
    We might be in trouble if…
    6. It takes 2-3 days to a week or
    forever to find a requested
    document / material / tool /
    instrument.
    We might be in trouble if…
    7. We have no documented plans
    established for the current period
    in church.
    We might be in trouble if…

    8. We give reports in terms of


    words like “more or less”,
    “fewer”, “better”, ”almost”
    We might be in trouble if…

    9. We may have failed to meet


    our last goals/objectives and
    didn’t take any subsequent
    corrective action.
    We might be in trouble if…
    10. We have no established task
    requirements, and/or we have
    staff and we can’t demonstrate
    how they’re qualified to do so.

    - A problem on tasking
    We might be in trouble if…

    12. Staff are confused who and


    what to follow.

    - Problem on delegation
    We might be in trouble if…

    12. Procedures are transmitted


    orally – “in practice”, and
    maybe changed instantly
    when another
    Pastor/Preacher comes in.
    Let us leave an imprint that
    captures the memory of the
    great service we do at
    Landmark Bible Baptist Church.
    The timely answer
    to all these:

    • God’s design for Order


    Vision without action is merely
    a dream.

    Action without vision


    passes the time.

    Vision with action can


    change the world .
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