Principals of Church Growth-2 Flashcards by Emma Frost

What is the definition of true leadership? The ability _______?

to guide, to show the way by going along with or in front of.

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What are the two purposes of leadership?

To achieve a desired goal with the proper results

2. To achieve that goal in the smoothest way possible

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How did Jesus Christ illustrate the importance of building leadership?

By the way he structured the church

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List the 12 attributes of good leadership

A well defined purpose in life
A well organised personal life
Mastering the art of self-control
A consultative decision maker
Seeking to communicate better
Getting along with others
Knowing how to delegate
Being flexible
Knowing how to delegate
The power of enthusiasm
Being highly motivated
Persistency

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True or False:

Leadership is not holding a position and having authority

True

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True or False:

The animal kingdom does not need leadership

False

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True or False:

Jesus delegated authority

True

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True or False:

Jesus never built an organisation

False

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True or False:

A leader should always show his emotions and feelings

False

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True or False:

A good personality is vital to being a good leader

True

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True or False:

Having clear vision and big vision is important

True

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True or False:

It is not necessary for a leader to manage himself well

False

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Which styles of evangelism are no longer effective?

Confrontational

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What kind of a society are we now living in?

Relational society

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List the five things in society that show the need for relational life-style evangelism

America has moved to dealing with issues relationally
The impact of the high-tech revolution
The visual nature of our society
The breakdown of the nuclear family
The erosion of the Judeo/Christian value structure

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Why were 70-90% of all those surveyed now productively serving in their church?

Because of the extended family

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What is the extended family?

A relative, business associate or a neighbour

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What is the key factor of assimilating people into a congregation?

Friendship

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What style of evangelism is the use of Home Bible Studies?

Non-manipulative dialogue method

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True or False:

Today we have an old, mainly unchurched society

False

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True or False:

The Commission is to go and make disciples, not just converts

True

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True or False:

You build churches through revival

False

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True or False:

The Biblical method of evangelism is Manipulative Monologue

False

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True or False:

Crusades and mass evangelism will not get the job done

True

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True or False: | Today people want the warmth of relationships

True

What is the definition of "method?"

A way of doing something; a means or manner of procedure

What is the definition of "principle?"

A basic truth, law, or assumption; a truth that is a foundation for other truths

List the four testimonies to prove that "Oikos Evangelism" is the key to NT evangelism

1. Authorities 2. Scripture 3. Statistics 4. Experience

What is the definition of "oikos?"

House, household, home

List the three universal units of society

1. Common kinship 2. Common community 3. Common interest

What did the NT church do daily with one accord?

Breaking bread from house to house

List the five things that "Oikos Evangelism" can entail

1. Family assembly 2. Community involvement 3. Home bible studies 4. Home sharing 5. Cell ministry

Define "home sharing"

Saints open their homes once a month to have new converts in their home for fellowship

True or False: | Methods never change or vary

False

True or False: | Principles change

False

True or False: | There is a great gulf between the Christian and non-Christian

True

What does ethics require?

Obedience

Within the ethics of leadership, we must keep in mind that all liberty must be balanced with what?

Responsibility

What kind of leaders can God use?

1. Who will not become puffed up 2. Who will not become proud 3. Who will not become bitter 4. Who will be subject to authority and one another 5. Who will be consistent 6. Who will shun intolerance 7. Who will wait to be honoured

What should our relationship as a leader be to the world? List at least six points

1. A good report without 2. Hospitable 3. Blameless 4. Have genuine love 5. Not slothful in business 6. Lead a peaceable life in all godliness and honesty

What should our relationship as a leader be to our brother or sister?

1. In kindness 2. In cooperation 3. In esteem 4. In communications

What is the definition of gossip?

Telling about a situation to someone who is neither a part of the problem or the solution

According to 1 Corinthians 9:19 what kind of attitude should a leader have?

A servant attitude

True or False: | The fruit of the Spirit is the character of God

True

True or False: | Our spirit is basically our attitude

True

True or False: | Mercy means withholding of judgment

True

List the four "F's" of discouragement

1. Fatigue 2. Frustration 3. Failure 4. Fear

List the principles behind each of the above "F's"

a. When you are physically low, you cannot be emotionally high b. Don't get caught in trivia traps c. There is no failure except in no longer trying d. The only thing to fear is fear itself

List the four "R's" of the cure for discouragement

1. Rest your body 2. Reorganise your life 3. Remember the Lord 4. Resist discouragement

What are the four great energisers?

1. Prayer 2. Play 3. Exercise 4. Diversion

List in order of importance the three priorities in life

1. One's personal walk with God 2. One's relationship to his/her family 3. One's personal self

What are the three things to remember when discouraged?

1. God's goodness in the past 2. God's closeness in the present 3. God's power for the future

List the two things you must do to fight discouragement

1. Talk to yourself | 2. Talk to God

True or False: | You determine a mans greatness by how he overcomes discouragement

False

True or False: | Establishing goals is not necessary to overcome discouragement

False

True or False: | The man who fails is the man who stops trying

True

What is the formula for motivating people?

Purpose + Dignity + Confidence + Action = Results

List the three traditional motivational approaches not recommended

1. Guilt 2. Duty 3. Eternal rewards

List the three scriptural approaches for motivation and mobilisation

1. Gratitude to Jesus Christ 2. Obedience to the Great Commission 3. Love for the lost

List the results of the doctrine of the Nicolaitans in order

1. Domination of the clergy 2. Abdication of the laity 3. Ministry by default

List the three things the Church has been described as in the Scriptures

a. Bride b. Temple c. Body

List six of the nine service gifts

1. Serving 2. Mercy 3. Teaching 4. Administration 5. Encouragement 6. Prophecy

What does the word "minister" mean in the Greek?

Servant

What gives the layman confidence?

Training

What are the four ways to motivate constantly?

1. Positive preaching 2. Lifting, inspiring worship 3. Open acknowledgements 4. Ambassadors of evangelism

True or False: | God will give the increase if one person sows and waters

False

True or False: | Mobilising and motivating the laity gives purpose

True

True or False: | Not everyone in the church can be a minister

False

List the five purposes of the Church

a. To minister salvation to the lost b. To assure people that they will be loved c. To join believers into the body d. To heal the hurts e. To make disciples

Religion is _________________ but Christianity ______________

a. Mans effort to please God | b. Brings God to man

What should 'real' Christianity become?

An epidemic

What should a newcomer see first in a building?

Another person

In the concept of the church as a field, the situation demands a super-star for a _________ ?

Pastor

In the concept of the church as a force, what are people equipped to do?

Serve

Of the three stages of church growth, the one that is desired about the others would be ___________ ?

First generation excitement

In the concept of the church as a force, what are the five goals?

1. Discipleship training 2. Life changing worship 3. Fellowship 4. Meeting the needs of others 5. Resulting in wholeness of each other

True or False: | The Church is an institution

False

True of False: | The power of the Church is in the Gospel of Jesus Christ

True

True or False: | The community should come into the Church

False

True or False: | The Pastor should see that everybody's needs are met

True

True or False: | People must be trained to use their gifts and allowed to minister in crisis

True

What is the main priority in planting a new church?

To reach people

How has Communism grown?

By teaching and training small groups

List in order the four things that caused the start of many New Testament churches

1. A man of God who received a burden 2. Then a call 3. He found hungry people, and 4. Miracles accompanied the Word

Give four examples of Jesus' "school house."

a. Ships b. Temple c. Desert d. Streets

What three ways did Jesus use to prepare people for a ministry?

a. Teaching b. Example c. Involvement

If "small" is not a number, what is it?

An attitude

What three things do winning denominations focus on?

a. Reaching people b. Sacrifice c. Unreached people

True or False: | The first things we have to do is care

True

True or False: | Every person goes through a crisis approximately every two years

True

True or False: | Jesus' method to evangelise was to use wealthy, educated men

False

What is the first requisite for effective evangelism?

Building relationships

What two things does Jesus teach us to do in developing relationships with others?

1. You must initiate it | 2. You must model the role

What is the sequence in building a church?

1. Relationship 2. Evangelism 3. Salvation 4. Discipleship

What are the four qualities essential to grow relationships?

a. Be a reach out person b. Be reliable c. Be reassuring d. Be resourceful

List the five sociological laws in initiating relationships

1. Proximity 2. Like interests 3. Compatibility 4. Complimentation 5. Time

When building relationships, consider the task as building a __________ ?

Bridge

List four of the seven ways to have healthy communication

a. Call people by name b. Learn the skill of active listening c. Apologise quickly d. Learn to be sympathetic or empathetic

True or False: | The success of an individual is based equally on product knowledge and people knowledge

False

True or False: | Timing is more important than time in a relationship

True

What is listening?

Wanting to hear

When initiating relationships, learn to ask the following questions

a. What do they know b. What do they feel c. What do they want d. What do they enjoy most

List the four personality types

a. Choleric b. Sanguine c. Melancholy d. Phlegmatic

Why was Jesus effective?

He modelled His message

Relationships need ___________ to grow and they must be ____________

a. Time | b. Cultivated

List six things a friend will do

a. Encourages b. Forgives c. Appreciates d. Accepts e. Listens f. Shares

True or False: | We need to earn our right to call ourselves Christians

True

True or False: | Compassion makes Christianity authentic

True

True or False: | The price of friendship is time and loyalty

True

What is the greatest compliment to Jesus?

Winning the lost

List the three biblical roles of the minister?

a. Watchman b. Salt of the earth c. Light of the world

List the two things Paul exhorts the ministry to be involved in

a. Ministry of reconciliation | b. Work of an evangelist

What did Jesus teach His disciples to become?

Fishers of men

Give a brief definition of a thermometer

Registers the temperature around you

Give a brief definition of a thermostat

Is a climate setter

List the four kinds of preaching that wins the lost

a. Positive b. Anointed c. Persuasive d. Enthusiastic

True or False: | Winning the lost is not important these days

False

True or False: | Jesus was moved with compassion

True

True or False: | The minister should be a discipler

True

True or False: | The minister should leave soul winning to the saints

False

True or False: | A thermostat changes attitudes, lives and atmospheres

True

True or False: | The whole church should be involved in soul winning

True

To what is assimilating and incorporating new members into the church sometimes referred?

a. 'Discipling' a new member | b. the 'means and methods whereby we close the back door'

List four of the six facts about assimilation

a. It is not automatic b. It is an ongoing process c. It takes time, effort, money and people d. It begins before membership and continues afterwards

What are the two things a new person to the church family needs to do within the first 6 months of their spiritual existence?

1. They need to identify with at least 7 new friends on a first name basis 2. They need to identify with a task or a role, preferably a ministry

What happens if the needs of people are not met?

They will go where they are met

What is the "gradual drift" in the drop out's profile?

The cycle from active member to non-active member to inactive member

What five changes of behaviour do we need to be aware of in the drop out's profile?

a. Worship attendance b. Giving c. Inconsistent living d. Language change e. Attitude

List the five factors necessary to help assimilate and incorporate new members

a. Friendship b. Training c. Involvement d. Transfer of loyalty e. Visibility, Vibrancy

True or False: | People don't stay long if they feel like an outsider

True

True or False: | There are no differences between old and new members

False

True or False: | You must find a need and fill it, find a hurt and heal it

True

What are the seven qualities of Christian leadership?

a. Loyalty b. Commitment c. Integrity d. Faithfulness e. Honesty f. Spirituality g. The ability to make decisions

What is the highest calling on earth?

The ministry

What four questions does a leader need to ask to determine his goals

a. What am I going to do? b. Who will I get to help me? c. When do I want to start? d. Where do I want to do it?

Out of what will a true leader produce positive results and what will he change?

a. Negative situations | b. The changeable

Delegating responsibility must be to capable and ____________ people

Responsible

The church of God has many members just as one human body has many __________

Cells

True or False: | A leader is innovative, inventive, imaginative

True

True or False: | A leader should be in harmony with the body of Christ

True

True or False: | A good leader is unenthusiastic and apethetic

False

True or False: | A good leader need not be accountable to anyone

False

True or False: | A good leader knows the limits of his responsibility

True

True or False: | A real leader will stay motivated until he wins

True

Over what was the first church problem in the New Testament?

Money

To what must your living standard relate?

Only to you

List the five things to help you know what you spend

a. You are the steward of your money b. God does not control your budget c. Know the different between desire and need d. Learn ways to cut expenses e. Escrow necessary amounts to meet major delays

List five of the seven principles of good business

a. Write good checks b. Communicate to creditors c. God does not want you in financial bondage d. Shop wisely e. Think economics

True or False: | One half of the parables in the New Testament deals with stewardship

True

True or False: | A person should live within their income

True

True or False: | Don't pay your tithe if you don't have enough to pay the bills

False

True or False: | Save money by eating out at restaurants

False

True or False: | Know the cost of your financial obligations

True

True or False: | Use a budget and balance accounts monthly

True

What three things does discipleship involve?

a. Teaching b. Example c. Involvement

List the four stages of development

1. Home bible study 2. Discipleship 3. Church growth 4. Mobilising laymen

Jesus taught by ___________?

Parables

How did Jesus reach the lost?

One at a time

Jesus' closest associates were __________, a __________, and a ____________

a. Fishermen b. Publican c. Doubter

What introduced the nature of Christ?

Pentecost

Whom does a disciple think like?

His Master

What is the test of discipleship?

His way or mine

What is at the core of life in a true discipleship?

Fruit of the Spirit

Where did Jesus leave His church?

In the hearts of the Disciples

What must a disciple be?

Soul winner

Into what must we pour our lives?

Someone else

True or False: | Discipleship is easy and involves knowing the doctrine

False

True or False: | Mature people love holiness and doctrine

True

True or False: | Jesus' teaching was simple but revolutionary

True

True or False: | Jesus was so busy He had no time for individual people

False

List the five things with which we work

a. Manpower b. Resources c. Information d. Experience e. Time

What is time management?

Self management

What two things do time management take on our part?

Perseverance and self-discipline

What three "books" should rule your life?

a. Pocket book (Wallet) b. Good book (Bible) c. Date book (Diary)

How do we duplicate ourselves

By the art of delegation

List six time priorities in order of importance

1. Time for God 2. Time for family 3. Time for family of God 4. Time for yourself 5. Time for others 6. Time for tasks that God has called you to do

True or False: | It's all right for people to interrupt you all day

False

True or False: | Plan your days work in advance

True

True or False: | Do everything yourself

False

True or False: | Let other people control meeting times and rule your life

False

True or False: | Spend most of your time with 80% of your people

False

True or False: | Learn to say NO

True

True or False: | Multiply your time by relaxing whenever possible

False

True or False: | Do tough jobs last

False

True or False: | Control your time by meeting others on their own turf

True

What two things does Jesus say we are?

a. Salt of the earth | b. Light of the world

What two things do people desire?

Esteem and affection

What is the law of human engineering called?

Synergism

What are the two basic truths in understanding people?

a. We are all different | b. We are all acting and reacting in different environments

List the three possible solutions to people problems

a. Change the situation b. Change the person c. Change oneself

What is a 'personality?'

A combination of traits, habits, values and tendencies that make an individual uniquely themselves

A person with a pleasant and cheerful disposition frequently ____________?

Smiles

A good conversationalist must be a good ____________?

Listener

In order to help others, you need a _________________?

Positive self-image

List five ways to stimulate action in others

a. Show respect for your Associates b. Show faith in your subordinates c. Use commands sparingly d. Encourage subordinates to speak up e. Give people room to grow

True or False: | You should use your power to intimidate people

False

True or False: | There is no such thing as constructive criticism

True

True or False: | Criticise privately, but praise publicly

True

True or False: | A true leader blows up and retaliates when criticised

False

True or False: | A leader should use and abuse people

False

What does a missionary doing pioneer work need?

Mental adjustment

What do most pioneer missionaries wan to immediately establish?

Established, classic church

What does the missionary need to adapt to?

The setting

What is an excellent place for a service?

A home

What is a Pentecostal service?

An atmosphere with the presence of God

What is apostolic ministry?

To minister when you have people

What is a full service?

A service where you minister

You can relax if you have _____________ and _____________

a. Prayed | b. Fasted

List the nine things you should do in a service when you are relaxed

a. Forget formalities b. Eliminate excuses c. Don't major on IF's and DON'T HAVE's d. Get close to your people e. Take quiet command of the service f. Don't brag about your denominational growth g. Involve visitors in singing h. Ask for prayer requests i. Make introductions

List the six things you need to do when ministering

a. Minister appropriately b. Minister according to the size of the crowd c. Minister in the Spirit d. Minister to those present e. Be conscious of time f. Minister in simplicity

What is the proof of a soul winner?

Winning the sinner on a one on one basis without the benefits of a church or a church building

True or False: | Forget the traditions

True

True or False: | Don't criticise other religions

True

True or False: | Aim the sermon at those present

False

True or False: | Long, personal altar calls are necessary in small crowds

False

What is the purpose of the church?

To evangelise

The program of any church service should _______________

exalt Jesus Christ

What syndrome should you reject?

"If we only had" syndrome

What are your four assets? You've been ________

a. Redeemed b. Delivered c. Transformed d. You've got a promise

What do people resist?

Change

What seasons the Spiritual atmosphere in the church?

Prayer

To what should the services be oriented?

The sinner

What should the church building display?

Progress

What is the most effective outreach method?

Home bible studies

Give two examples of "one on one evangelism"

a. Witnessing | b. Teaching home bible studies

What should be a top priority in outreach?

Soul winning

What two things are essential to a Pastor's discipline?

a. Prayer | b. Fasting

What does the Pastor need to use well?

Time

What kind of ministry should a Pastor have?

a. Positive | b. Anointed

True or False: | A church will be built one person at a time

True

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