★ Measuring Success in a Missional Church
I found a link to this post this morning in which W. David Phillips offers some suggestions about ways we can measure success in a missional church.
Here are a few of the many ideas on that topic:
# The number of cigarette buts in the church parking lot.
# The number of adoptions people in the church have made from local foster care.
# The number of pictures on the church wall of unwed mothers holding their newborn babies in their arms for the first time.
# The number of classes for special needs children and adults
# The number of former convicted felons serving in the church
# The number of phone calls from community leaders asking the church’s advice
# The number of meetings that take place somewhere besides the church building
# The number of organizations using the church building
# The number of days the pastor doesn’t spend time in the church office but in the community
Check out the original post and add more!
good post – thinking along the lines of how church is really done in the world today…