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 Director of Congregational Development
rsmothers@bwcumc.org
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Baltimore Washington
Conference of the
United Methodist Church
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Columbia, MD
21046-2132
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Many of these strategic planning resources can be ordered on line by clicking here or visit www.cokesbury.com/  Click on the book covers for additional information.


     
The Discovery Church Journey - An Invitation to Congregational Transformation. This is a workbook for Local Churches by Douglas W. Ruffle, Ph.D. This manual can be used to create the outline of a future. It is the beginning point. It does not contain the content such as deciding who is to be the focus of ministry or who lives in the community. The aim of this workbook is to provide a process that can be used to help a church move constructively into the future.   A Resource of Percept...ReVision is a quidebook to walk you and your congregation through a process of visioning, mission and ministry planning using Percept's Context. It is a demographic product used for long term planning. This  product costs $395.00, a special discount to the BWC. The program compares the congregation to the community with the purpose of church building to support their mission statement.
     
Faith Quest 2001- What's It All About? Faith Quest is a program that will equip your congregations to work cooperatively together in regional cluster groups to develop evangelism strategies.   A Resource of Percept...Context is divided into two separate reports, Status and Reference. While Reference provides detail, Status is designed to explore themes essential to the ministry and mission of the church. This product costs $395.00 plus $0.95 per worksheet processed plus $15.00 shipping , a special discount to the BWC. Context may be used as a stand-alone demographic product or as the information component for Percept's ReVision process.
     
Natural Church Development ... A Guide to Eight Essential Qualities of Healthy Churches. ChurchSmart Resources provides a survey tool to assist congregations in understanding themselves. This survey can be purchased separately from other services offered. Click here for ChurchSmart Resources.   The Now(rm*) Strategy Workbook Is a strategy designed to strengthen churches with small memberships. Nurture + Outreach + Witness + Resource ministries.

 

All of these strategic planning resources can be ordered on line by clicking here !

Igniting Ministries Ads Shift Attitudes Among Unchurched
People

United Methodist TV commercials shifting attitudes about church; first-time attendance, worship attendance Increasing at test churches ..more

Americans Describe Sources of Spiritual Fulfillment and Frustration

“Those who are disassociating from church…..are people who love to worship God, study the Bible regularly, give money generously to causes that help people, engage in relationships in which spiritually accountability is a primary feature – and feel that they can be spiritually connected and growing more effectively outside of a normal congregational setting than within it. They are growing in numbers and influence.” There are people who would like to be part of a faith community that is focused in discipleship making rather than membership making. For more information click here and see what else George Barna has to say on his 2005 State of the Church Report or contact the Office of Congregational Life, Baltimore-Washington Conference, UMC (800) 492-2525. 

· George Barna's seminar
· BWC Satellite Downlink
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· General Board of
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· US Census 2000
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· Baltimore City
     Neighborhood Statistics
· Cokesbury Book Store
· United Methodist Info
· Igniting Ministries
· The Alban Institute

 
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