Unstuck 1-Days

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When you hit a significant barrier to church health or growth, we can guide you through it with a 1-day facilitated on-site session.

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Strategy & Direction 1-Days

Future Direction Module Reach Strategy Module Discipleship Path Module Digital Ministry Strategy Module

Future Direction Module

THE WIN - You clarify future direction and your next bold move that will rally your people to be on mission together.

No church ever “drifted” into growth and sustained health. We believe planning for the future is good stewardship of the mission God has given us as the Church. Our goal is not to tell you what to do or who to be, but to help you identify the opportunities you have as a church, clarify your vision for the future, and build an action plan with accountability for follow-through.

Specifically, the Unstuck Future Direction Module helps you…

Build a clear vision for the next few years.
Create a one-page directional plan.
Plan for communication roll-out.
Identify a minimum of one “bold move” to act on in the next 12 months based on your God-sized dreams.

Reach Strategy Module

THE WIN - You grow the number of people connected to your church and lead more people into a life of following Jesus.

The Church's mission is all about making disciples of Jesus. Often, though, churches only have a ministry strategy for half of the discipleship journey—that’s the half of the discipleship journey for people who have already connected with the church and faith. Churches also need a ministry strategy for the first half of the discipleship journey—the half that engages people currently not connected to faith or the Church. This is your reach strategy.

Specifically, the Unstuck Reach Module helps you…

Gain a clear understanding of your mission field as it stands TODAY—including a community demographics report.
Evaluate existing—and build new—strategies for engaging your mission. field—including weekend services and first-time guest follow up, digital content strategies, community engagement and personal evangelism.
Learn a simple method for evaluating the effectiveness of your strategies.
Get a secret shopper analysis report on your weekend service through the eyes of your mission field.

Discipleship Path Module

THE WIN - You see a growing number of people in your church maturing in faith and following Jesus.

For years, churches have over-relied on large gatherings like weekend services, events, or conferences. But just because people show up for a program or a gathering doesn’t mean they’re becoming more like Jesus. Establishing a clear Discipleship Path is all about helping people move from where they are now to where God wants them to be.

Specifically, the Unstuck Discipleship Path Module helps you…

Honestly evaluate your ministry’s current spiritual formation strategy—what’s working and what’s not.
Build a simple path for next steps towards becoming more like Jesus based on the ways people are actually developed spiritually.
Develop a system to monitor whether or not people are taking next steps on the path, including exploration of on-ramps and membership/partnership models.
Create a reliable filter for pruning ineffective ministries and activities, now and into the future.

Digital Ministry Strategy Module

THE WIN - You determine how to leverage digital strategies as the new front door for your church.

Your weekend experience is no longer the front door—your digital ministry strategy is. Welcome to the hybrid church of the future. If you don’t know where to start, how to grow your church’s digital “front door,” what to measure, or how to keep your existing congregation connected to the church, then you’re in the right place. This module will help you get it right.

Specifically, the Unstuck Digital Ministry Module helps you…

Clarify your church’s digital engagement path and strategies.
Create the team structure and action plans to apply an integrated digital ministry strategy.
Learn what to measure to evaluate your strategy’s effectiveness over time.

Staffing, Structure & Team 1-Days

Staffing Restructure Module Team Health & Culture Module Team Performance Module Governance Module Succession Module

Staffing Restructure Module

THE WIN - You develop a right-sized organizational structure that positions your church to accomplish its vision.

You’re perfectly structured to get the results you’re getting today, and one of the most common lids to growth in a church is staff structure. If you don’t like the results you’re getting, it might be time for a change. But leading an organizational restructure can be one of the most stressful things a pastor has to do—especially if they do it alone. Our consultant will bring fresh eyes to your structure and help you identify your next moves.

The Unstuck Restructure Module helps you…

Build a new staffing structure aligned to your ministry strategy and the giftedness of the team.
Confidently put the right people in the right roles, with the support of an expert who has successfully led scores of churches through the same challenging process.
Assess staff capacity and leadership potential.
Gain clarity around gaps in your team and priority hires for the next season of ministry.

Team Health & Culture Module

THE WIN - You clearly define the healthy culture of your ministry staff team, and the key behaviors that drive it.

Culture is difficult to define but easy to feel, and it’s hard to overestimate the role culture plays in your team’s health and efficiency. We’ve learned that it’s easier to shape the culture of a team when you focus more on how the team interacts with each other as opposed to having everyone memorize a list of values. Over time, those behaviors will not only shape the culture of your team, they’ll be reflected throughout your church.

The Unstuck Team Health & Culture Module helps you…

Build clarity around the behaviors that shape your desired team culture.
Assess your overall team health with The Unstuck Teams assessment.
Get equipped with tools that take culture into account in hiring and performance management.

Team Performance Module

THE WIN - You equip your leaders with the tools to diagnose performance issues and coach their teams to success.

The best teams are both healthy and high-performing. They get along well and they get stuff done. There is minimal dysfunction and maximum production. They focus on relationships AND results. When there is dysfunction in the team, churches struggle to follow-through—and they end up squandering their divine assignment. Many church leaders simply lack the experience and tools to manage their teams effectively. The good news is: Those skills can be learned.

The Unstuck Team Performance Module helps you…

Equip your leaders with effective management strategies and sharpened skills.
Increase productivity and execution of plans (more accountability and follow-through).
Increase job satisfaction among staff as they better connect their personal priorities to the ministry’s priorities.

Governance Module

THE WIN - You simplify and create alignment around your lay leadership structure.

When the church staff and board are aligned and on mission together, the church can thrive. A dysfunctional or broken governance model can create additional challenges and layers of complexity when trying to establish mission and vision, delegate decision rights, and lead necessary change. In other words, the governance of a church can become a barrier to health—and ultimately one of the key reasons why churches get stuck.

The Unstuck Governance Module helps you…

Assess your current governance structure—all the things that are working and the things that are stuck.
Develop a unified board model and clarify the role of its members.
Clarify your qualifications and selection process for future board members.
Define term limits and rotation timeline.
Navigate changes to constitution and bylaws.
Create a two year roadmap and action plan.
Learn best practices for ensuring health board/staff relationships and function going forward.

Succession Module

THE WIN - You build a plan for the successful handoff of leadership.

Succession planning can make or break a church. Someone has to fill your shoes when you move on, but few pastors think about what that transition will require in advance. Stagnant churches can skyrocket after an effective succession plan. But we have also seen churches close their doors after an ineffective succession. It is vital to the long-term health of your church for the pastor and church leaders to have an intentional succession plan and timeline that is revisited each year.

The Unstuck Succession Module helps you…

Clarify “what’s next” for the current lead pastor.
Determine the succession wins for the board or elders.
Confirm the leadership structure for the transition season.
Confirm the teaching strategy for the transition season.
Confirm decision rights and hiring for the new lead pastor.
Craft a strategy to effectively transition ministry leadership to a new lead pastor.
Build the communication timeline and plan.
Make the hand-off to a search firm.
Discuss how to set up the new leader for success, including clarity about future direction.

Multisite & Merger 1-Days

Multisite Readiness Module Developing or Clarifying Your Multisite Model Module Multisite Staffing Structure Module Location Assessment & Launch Plan Module Merger Assessment Module

Multisite Readiness Module

THE WIN - You determine whether or not moving forward with a multisite strategy is your church’s next step.

Multisite works best when healthy, growing churches expand into new locations to reach more people and have a greater Kingdom impact. You replicate who you already are. Which means without a clear assessment of where you are today, and without a clear strategy in four key areas, going multisite can get your church multi-stuck. This module helps you get perspective on the health and replicability of your multisite model and operations. Your team assesses the church's level of readiness/health for multisite in 10 key areas.

Specifically, the Unstuck Multisite Readiness Assessment Module helps you…

Review the different models of multisite, including strengths, challenges and predictable outcomes.
Find agreement on your objective for being multisite.
If you’re already a multisite church, explore the core assumptions of your multisite strategy and if they are true.
Assess your church’s readiness for multiplication in 10 key areas of ministry health.
Analyze data and key health benchmarks related to multisite ministry
With all the information, determine if multisite is something you’re invested in doing.

Developing or Clarifying Your Multisite Model Module

THE WIN - You develop or clarify your multisite strategy to be one church in multiple locations.

There are three basic models that you can choose between for your multisite strategy—Identical Expression, Local Expression and Church Planting—and there are predictable outcomes to each. This module helps you define your multisite ministry strategy by starting with the “why” and walking you through some crucial decisions that need to be made for your campus to operate efficiently and effectively.

Specifically, the Unstuck Developing Your Multisite Model Module helps you…

Confirm the discipleship path that you will replicate at each location.
Develop your reach strategies so that each campus experiences growth.
Clarify the mission field your campuses will be designed to reach.
Confirm how identical or independent your ministries will be at each campus.
Determine your teaching model.
Plan your central support resources.
Identify your priority initiatives and action steps to develop your multisite model.

Multisite Staffing Structure Module

THE WIN - You develop a right-sized organizational structure for a healthy multisite model.

Without a clear strategy, going multisite can get you multi-stuck. This is especially true as it relates to your organizational structure. Nothing has the potential to derail your leadership structure, support staff, and volunteer teams faster than going multisite. This module is designed to assess your organizational structure in the context of your multisite ministry model, and help you develop a path forward that gets the right people in the right roles, clarifies decision rights, and positions you to lead a healthy, effective multisite ministry.

Specifically, the Multisite Staffing Structure Assessment Module helps you…

Build a new staffing structure aligned to your ministry strategy and the giftedness of the team.
Confidently put the right people in the right roles, with the support of an expert who has successfully led scores of churches through the same challenging process.
Assess overall team health.
Evaluation staff capacity and leadership potential.
Clarify decision rights between campus support and central services.
Gain clarity around gaps in your team and priority hires for the next season of ministry.

Location Assessment & Launch Plan Module

THE WIN - You define how you will measure success for new campuses and build a replicable launch plan.

For campuses to maintain health for the long run, it’s more important to launch in the right location than to have the right facility. In this module, you’ll learn the critical factors for choosing the right location, and a replicable method for launching new campuses successfully.

Specifically, the Location Assessment & Launch Plan Module helps you…

Map current attendees and identify future locations.
Set an optimal schedule for launching new campuses.
Develop a candidate profile for the campus pastor role.
Define success for new campuses.
Outline initial staff and volunteer leadership teams.
Develop a launch plan for future campuses.
Build an action plan for your next steps.

Merger Assessment Module

THE WIN - You determine the compatibility and potential obstacles for a healthy church merger.

A church merger tends to be successful when both congregations understand who leads and who follows. That results in healthy congregations, increased engagement, volunteers, financial sustainability and multiplied impact—more of all of it in the months and years that follow than even when the merger first takes place. The first step in a merger should always be a thorough assessment of compatibility between the two churches to determine whether or not merging is the right next step for both.

Specifically, the Unstuck Merger Assessment Module helps you…

Assess the critical components of your church merger compatibility.
Analyze metrics of health and challenges for both churches.
Determine decision rights for the merger.
Identify obstacles (legal, doctrinal, and foundational that will need to be addressed.

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