TL Bates Ministries - Positioning Your Church Health/Growth

A "Positioning Your Church Health/Growth Solution" can be provided for the benefit of local church; hosted by a local church for the benefit of a group of regional or fellowship churches; or hosted by an organizational group at the district, state, regional or national level.

The "Positioning Your Church for Growth" solutions are currently available in four formats:

One-Hour Positioning Your Church Overview provides an introductory study of each of the three major areas of study or a specific area of focus. (Great for ministerial lunches, breakout workshops and/or conference sessions.)

·	Defining Biblical Church Health
·	Understanding and Developing the Seven Strategic Health Environments
·	Evaluating and Creating a Ministry Action Plan for the Ten Strategic Areas of Ministry Life and Organization.
·	OR a one-hour session can also focus on only one of the THREE major areas or possibly on one of the Ten Strategic Areas of Ministry Life and Organization. (i.e. Positioning Your Vision; Positioning the Pastor; Positioning the Church Leaders/Staff, Positioning the Finances, etc)

Half-Day overview of Positioning Your Church approach to church health and church growth. (This half-day option provides time for expanded study in each of the three major areas of focus.)

·	Defining Biblical Church Health
·	Understanding and Developing the Seven Strategic Health Environments
·	Evaluating and Creating a Ministry Action Plan for the Ten Strategic Areas of Ministry Life and Organization.
·	OR a one-hour session can also focus on only one of the THREE major areas or possibly on one of the Ten Strategic Areas of Ministry Life and Organization. (i.e. Positioning Your Vision; Positioning the Pastor; Positioning the Church Leaders/Staff, Positioning the Finances, etc.)

One or Two Day Positioning Your Church Workshop/Seminar which can be hosted by a local church, a group or fellowship of churches or an organization for churches. The purpose of the one or two day workshop is to allow extensive study of each of the major areas such as:

·	Defining Biblical Church Health
·	Understanding and Developing the Seven Strategic Health Environments
·	Evaluating and Creating a Ministry Action Plan for the Ten Strategic Areas of Ministry Life and Organization.
·	*This would include an extensive study on* the THREE major areas, as well as each of the Ten Strategic Areas of Ministry Life and Organization. (i.e. Positioning Your Vision; Positioning the Pastor; Positioning the Church Leaders/Staff, Positioning the Finances, etc.)

Custom On-site Church Assessment and Church Leadership Training with coaching/consulting services for a local church/ministry. This solution includes:

·	Obtaining informational data from the church for review to create a statistical evaluation of the churches history and health.
·	Conduct an “on-site” church assessment and evaluation of the ministry, including but not limited to personal interviews with the pastor/staff members and/or key leaders; community evaluation, facility evaluation, congregation evaluation, potential leadership and/or congregational orientation to the Positioning Your Church strategic health plan.
·	Review the statistical and on-site assessment data and prepare a preliminary on-site report that is reviewed with the Pastor and/or other designated leaders to confirm areas which need the most attention and will be the primary focus of the strategic ministry action plan.
·	Within 30 days, provide the pastor with a copy of the Custom Strategic Ministry Action Plan, which will provide recommended action steps for the next twelve months.
·	Provide one-year phone and email coaching as needed (initiated by the pastor to the consultant), to assist with unexpected challenges, updates, modifications, etc. which may be needed or desired during the course of the year.

For more information, click on the following links:
Main Solutions Page
Positioning Your Church
Positioning Your Church Funding Solutions

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