Tools for Revitalization: Church Systems Analysis
I like this line of thinking. Just like the human body stays healthy because of healthy systems – respiratory, nervous, digestive, skeletal, etc., a church needs healthy systems to stay healthy. Here’s an Assessment tool we’ve developed to help a church leadership team assess its systems. Get Nelson Searcy’s book on systems here. 
ChurchSystemsAnalysis – PDF Download
Posted on June 7, 2013, in Church Revitalization, Ministry, Northshore Baptist Associations and tagged church revitalization, Strategy, Systems. Bookmark the permalink. 9 Comments.
Lane Corley 
Lane, What are the definable metrics by which you determine where you are on the scale? I guess I have to read the book huh? The chart makes it look completely subjective.
Your right, it is pretty subjective by design. It’s done in a group discussion with a core leadership team, church council, etc. The objective data would be a 30 year analysis of the church’s attendance, giving, baptisms, etc. & a demographic profile of the community. These would be shared before this exercise. As a strategist or group leader, during this exercise I’m listening, writing down exact quotes said about the church by the leadership, & asking them to score themselves as a group.
Also, one church in our area is taking one of these each Wednesday evening, teaching on it & then asking the group in attendance to grade themselves.
It’s a simple self assessment tool.
Great walking journey to excellence
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