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What If Ministry Reports Looked Like This?

Golf Cart Mafia Underboss Posts: 3954 **12/31/15 8:14 pm**

I understand that any organization of ministers need to see and know the effectiveness of their agents and people on the ground. What if our reports were less number oriented (not devoid of numbers) and more subject oriented?

Here is the outline of my monthly ministerial report that I am required to submit. I post it as an alternative to the norm.

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reFocusing Team Monthly Report

NAME- P Underwood December 15, 2015

TEAM MEMBER HEALTH AND MINISTRY ASSIGNMENTS
I'm rating my wholeness as ____ [Scale of 1-10]

Because:

My last personal summit was-
[note to reader - a personal summit is a day alone (8 hours) with God with no electronic media, technology or interruption.]
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What was most significant and why?

My next summit is scheduled for _________

Skills and projects I am working on and books/studies I am reading:

___ I am current with all my Asana assignments

___ I am not current with:

I could use help or assistance with:

Funding - What percentage of budgeted needs are you currently meeting?
What areas of coaching are you in need of to help you achieve your budgeted goals?

On our next team call/meeting let's talk about:

I covet your prayers for:

TEAM CONTRIBUTION TO CORPORATE IMPACT
How many pre-Christians did you intentionally pursue redemptive friendships with this month?

Were they poor or marginalized?

How many new followers of Christ resulted this month through the combined efforts of you and all those you have worked with?

How many of the following types of leaders did you empower through substantive coaching, mentoring, or apprenticing relationships this month?
___ Senior Pastors
___ Church Planters (Church is 2 years old or less)
___ Other pastoral, missions, or ministry leaders
___ Younger/ emerging leaders

List the events you led this month, note how many people were trained (if you helped lead divide the number of participants by the number of presenters) and what CRM resources you used.

EVENT:
NUMBER PARTICIPANTS:
RESOURCES USED:

How many churches did you personally serve this month in order to help them strengthen their impact in the world and of what size?
Small Churches (0-125) ___
Medium Churches (126-350) ___
Large Churches (351-750) ___
Very Large Churches (751+) ___

One memorable story illustrating ministry impact this month is:
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01000001 01100011 01110100 01110011 Posts: 24285 **12/31/15 9:24 pm**

There always will be a toss up to decide if a report can easily be digitized. I cannot imagine this form for a report if there is a field of 10,000+ participants.

Since I no longer report to anyone I do not have any idea what is important for statistics the essay answers seem hard to manage.

No doubt they are good, I just see them as cumbersome. Also living under a rock for many years the terms are unfamiliar. Embarassed

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Golf Cart Mafia Underboss Posts: 3954 **12/31/15 9:46 pm**

Thank you, Cojak. Your point is spot on, but we live in a system that some say is impersonal and numbers driven. If we were back on the district format that was alive and healthy when I was growing up in the CofG it might be palatable to be more personally interested in what was going on with the working class. Alas, en masse, it is difficult to imagine, but I do wish there were a way to be plugged into personal growth, personal needs and spiritual life among the ministers community.
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