HEALTHCHECK
“10 Signs of a
Healthy Church”
Healthy Churches
• Research by Canon Robert
Warren and Dr Janet Hodgson
• Springboard Team
A Healthy Church……..
• …. (1)
Energises faith
• a place for
people to grow
A Healthy Church…...
• …. (2) has an
outward looking
focus
• heart for
mission
A Healthy Church……..
• ..(3) seeks to
find out what
God wants
• discerning
God’s best
A Healthy Church…
• .. (4) is willing
to face to cost
of growth and
change
• Risk-taking
A Healthy Church….
• …(5) has an
enabling
leadership
• Release =
growth
A Healthy Church...
• … (6) has a
participative
laity
• Building a team
A Healthy Church….
• …. (7) is a
loving
community
• Family living
A Healthy Church….
• …(8) sees
discipleship as
a life-long
journey of
faith
• Crisis/Process?
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A Healthy Church...
• ..(9) practises
what it
preaches
• Word aware
A Healthy Church….
• …(10) does a
few things well
• Why on earth
are we here?
Healthy Churches
• SPRINGBOARD
• 4 Old Station Yard
• Abingdon, Oxon
• OX14 3LD
• 01235 553722
How Do They See
Me?
How a church views its
minister
Devoted Fans?
• The unreal
world of the
cult superhero?
Harsh Critics?
• We’re here
to put you
right….
Over protective
Mothers?
• Worried and
over-anxious
about the
Pastors
needs?
Mindless Disciples?
• Are we making
disciples of
Christ
• Or clones of
ourselves?
Tough Employers?
• “That’s what
we pay you
for……”
An NT Perspective
• Hebrews 13
• (7) ‘Remember your leaders’
• (17) ‘Obey your leaders’
• (24) ‘Greet your leaders’
An NT Perspective
• Example
• Authority/Accountability
• Koinonia = true fellowship
God’s Building
Programme
• Growth in
Grace
• Growth in Faith
• Growth in
Numbers
Going for Growth
• Quality
• Quantity
• Philippians
1:9ff