As we move forward in 2015, now may be a good time to ask yourself a few questions about the current health of your church. Better yet, ask all your key leaders to rate these areas that are evident in healthy equipping churches.<\/p>\n
On a scale of 1 to 5, let 1 represent nonexistent and 5 represent totally embedded.<\/p>\n
Healthy equipping churches focus on\u2026<\/p>\n
1. Servanthood Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n The staff and the leadership of the church embody, teach, equip and model a servanthood culture. They understand and respect that, in order to live in a biblical church, we have to live-out Christ\u2019s ministry of servanthood.<\/p>\n 2. Leadership<\/strong><\/p>\n Leadership drives, models and sustains the values and the biblical directives of an equipping church.<\/p>\n 3. Comprehensive Discovery<\/strong><\/p>\n Comprehensive discovery looks at the uniqueness of every person in the church.\u00a0 Not simply their gifts, but rather in concert with their\u00a0skills, passions, and experiences, which call them to a specific area of ministry.\u00a0\u00a0Do your discovery processes \u00a0help people grow into who God created them to be?<\/p>\n