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NAPAD Visioning Conference Update:
New church revitalization

Vision IV draft: Establish new and strengthen existing congregations.

Goals:

  • Having NAPAD staff devoted to congregational development for specific ethnic groups.
  • Creating twenty churches through a nesting model.
  • Developing alternative models.
  • Promoting congregational growth and vitality.

Goal 1: Having NAPAD staff devoted to congregational development for specific ethnic groups.

Objectives/Plan:

  • Partner with NAPAD, Board of Church Extension (BCE), New Church Establishment (NCE), and Regions to determine a more specific plan of action.
  • Determine ethnic group focus.
  • Take these steps within the next two years.
Goal 2: Creating twenty churches through a nesting model

  • Acceptance (clergy working within church)
  • Support (not many women)
  • Employment (not in NAPAD or church as whole) All areas relate to leadership (Laity & Clergy).

What?

Who?

Funding?

When?

Objectives:

  • Awareness from region.
  • Enlist/prepare host churches.
  • Provide successful case studies (i.e. video tape).
  • Funding for staff (see Goal 1).

Board of Church Extension

New Church Establishment

Regions

NAPAD

Partnership with BCE, NCE, Regions

10 years

Goal 3: Developing alternative models.

What?

Who?

Funding?

When?

Objectives:

  • Innovative worship and pastor.
  • Parent congregation model.
  • Ecumenical approach or model (i.e. non-denomination).
  • Small Groups.
  • Multi-racial church
  • Family church models.

Board of Church Extension

New Church Establishment

Regions

NAPAD

Partnership with BCE, NCE, Regions

10 years

Goal 4: Promoting congregational growth and vitality

What?

Who?

Funding?

When?

Objectives: Development of lay leadership and involvement

  • Revive mentoring tradition.
  • Encourage lay leadership in worship.
  • Literature development to enable participation in board and committees

NAPAD Executive Council

DHM

Congregational Growth & Vitality (DHM-CGV)

Four regions

NEA (National Evangelical Association)
Kim Tran

Local congregations

Christian Board of Publication

Partnership

10 years

Also:

1. Multi-media team ministry.
2. More outreach ministry (Innovative).
3. Each church member actively involved in evangelism start from the top.
4. Need a strong vision in evangelism by adopting a specific evangelism tool.
5. Sharing resources with neighbor churches (i.e. send people temporarily).
6. Involvement with regional church.