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Learning to Walk in the Outflow

Truth be told, all in ministry began with a vision for outwardness - with an ideal that people’s lives would be changed, healed, even revolutionized.  

Somewhere along the way, many of us have given us in frustration with this ideal concluding that this goal was too lofty or simply “too much for me” or perhaps “not meant for me” and therefore settling for a maintenance role in God’s kingdom.  
The reality is being a change agent in God’s kingdom is not as difficult a thing as we have perhaps made it to be in our minds.  
With a few adjustments to our current leadership style, with a few approach alterations that are highly doable with nearly all of our current gift mixes - we can likely all be used of God to lead our churches outwardly.  
We need practical steps, stories of transformation, tools, tips and opportunities to seek counsel.  Here is where that happens… among those who have turned inside out already.   

Today in the US, close to 99% of churches are either plateaued or are experiencing a decline in numbers.  Why is this the case?  Certainly the situation is not a simple one to analyze nor to adjust, but one thing is clear to anyone who is simply taking a “drive by” glance at the American church - we have built a “dug in” - “maintenance” mentality into our mindset of how church life is conducted.  Near the top of what needs to change is moving our aim away from us / inwardness and toward them / and outwardness.  

Among other focus issues we will look at:  

•    How to build a heart toward outsiders

•    How to hear God’s voice as he invites us take small risks / investments in showing love to not-yet believers (“See a need and meet it; feel a hurt and heal it!” - CoastlandTampa Church motto)  

•    How to systematically build a team that will join together in becoming outwardly focused

•    How to communicate through series (numerous series - strategically presented over a stretch of time) that will help “birth” a local church into outwardness without losing a high percentage of your people…

•    How to birth the vision of God that he has given to you for this unique place at this unique time for this unique people - as you serve your way forward - not merely taking a cookie cutter approach toward leadership / serving, but truly getting a strong sense of leadership and the conviction that God has led / spoken so there is a sense of strength behind your actions / words.