| Covenant Church recognizes the essential
Spiritual Gift of LEADERSHIP and works to train, encourage, and raise
up new leaders. Our vision statement says "BY EQUIPPING: We will
seek to develop and equip each member for ministry to our Lord in
all of life, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We do this by
discovering and developing our gifts and providing meaningful opportunities
for ministry." Therefore, our leaders need to be equipped to
encourage the development of the gifts within the congregation.
In the past, we sent 23 of our leaders to a local training program
sponsored by the Eastern Home Missions Board. We have also attended
the Willowcreek Leadership Summit. This event is also sponsored
by the Eastern Home Missions Board and is held at the Willowcreek
Community Church in Chicago..
Our growth focus this year is the implementation of the "ABC's
of Natural Church Development". We recognize that a healthy
church has proper focus on: Empowering Leadership, Gift-oriented
Ministry, Passionate Spirituality, Functional Structures, Inspiring
Worship Services, Holistic Small Groups, Need-Oriented Evangelism,
and Loving relationships. More information on this program is listed
below.
 The
Leadership Of Covenant Christian Reformed Church is currently working
towards making on-going improvements in the eight quality areas
that characterize a Biblically healthy church. We are using the
guidelines written by Christian A. Schwarz in his books on the ABC's
of Natural Church Development.
Our current focus areas are:
1. Need-Oriented Evangelism
2. Holistic Small Groups
3. Loving Relationships
More information can be found on Natural Church Development at their
website. Click
here to view.
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