I recently participated in a webinar about church health measures for the local church hosted by an international ministry. The idea was to take a look at the things churches and leaders needed to pay attention to in a post pandemic landscape. I am not here to rag on the webinar or the ministry. It […]
Read More...A healthy Church does whatever it takes to continually place the gospel (mission) within reach of those around them resulting in a worshiping community (transformation) of Jesus-followers (discipleship) who do whatever it takes to continually place the gospel (mission) within reach of those around them resulting in a worshiping community (transformation) of Jesus-followers (discipleship) etc …
Definition taken from the Healthy Church Profile – Appendix #4, SATT Report 2011
LifePlan
This is a cyclic health conversation designed to lead congregations into responding and faithfully adapting to their changing context.
Church Health Survey
A 16 question online survey that gives a snapshot of where churches are at in key Church Health areas (including vision, life change, leadership development, Great Commission engagement, community engagement, etc.)
Discipleship Resources
This framework for thinking about the process of intentional disciple-making is built from historic Christian practices, Wesleyan methodologies, and contemporary applied approaches.
Natural Church Development
This survey is a very useful annual assessment of a church’s health based on eight essential Quality Characteristics of church life.
Journey Discipleship Survey
This is a survey that helps churches understand where people are at in the discipleship journey (as well as helping to evaluate how the church and pastor are helping in that journey).
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Lifeplan Timeline Planning Sheet (docx)
French LifePlan Manual (revised Jan 2014) (pdf)
French LifePlan Manual (revised Jan 2014) (word)
French Congregational Survey (word)
Tally of Congregational Survey (xls)
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Questions to Wrestle With
January 28th, 2021 by Alison in Church Health, Marc's Blog, Marc's BlogThe other day, I was talking with some leaders about basic discipleship stuff, and one of them caught me. They said, “You are talking like we are going to be able to do all the things we used to be able to do before the pandemic.” They weren’t being mean. They were just pointing something […]
Read More...This Advent Season
November 26th, 2020 by Alison in Church Health, Marc's Blog, Marc's BlogI’m going to start this blog post with a couple of reminders. I hope that’s okay. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility, regard others as more important than yourselves. Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. (Philippians 2:2-4 Amplified) This is […]
Read More...I Went to Church
October 29th, 2020 by Alison in Church Health, Marc's Blog, Marc's BlogThe other day, I went to church, in a building with other people church. How was it you ask? Well, thanks for asking. It was different and I don’t mean good or bad different, just different. How could it not be? We were all appropriately distanced and had our masks on as required. We didn’t […]
Read More...Marc's Reading List

Four Practical Reasons for Small Groups
July 5th, 2018By Lisa Howden in Church Health, Reading List
Is A Successful Small Church An Oxymoron?
October 19th, 2017By Lisa Howden in Church Health, Reading List
8 Ways to Miss the Point of Small Group
September 14th, 2017By Lisa Howden in Church Health, Reading List
Three Ways to Make the Local Church Feel More Like a Family
September 6th, 2017By Lisa Howden in Church Health, Reading List
Middle-Aged Women Face a Crisis of Discipleship
August 31st, 2017By Alison in Church Health, Reading List
Beautiful, Missional Feet
August 24th, 2017By Alison in Church Health, Reading List
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