When the Church Gets Better but the People Don’t
For ministry leadersFor ministry leaders · One ministry at a time
What Does This Ministry Form?
Pick one ministry you lead. Work through this sheet with your team before the series, then again about three months after it ends, and compare what changed.
Chapter 14
The container
The question is how deliberately the ministry serves formation.
Which ministry are you reviewing, and who does it serve?
What does it provide well? Be generous here.
What is it meant to form in people, in a single sentence?
Chapter 15
The return
The deeper question is what the person can carry when the ministry is over.
What do people actually practice while they are here, not only hear about?
What should someone be able to do on their own when this is over?
One change that would build that capacity from the beginning:
Chapter 16
Signs worth noticing
Chapter 16 suggests signs like these. Tick any you have seen come out of this ministry in the last three months, and add one of your own.
- First-time prayer moments
- People moving from receiving ministry to giving ministry
- Stories of obedience outside formal church settings
- New people engaging Scripture personally
- Acts of reconciliation
- Emerging leaders carrying spiritual responsibility
A sign of our own to watch for