Asset-Based Community Development…
a strategy the church should adopt!
The church must start focusing on the community’s (both inside the church and outside the church) gifts, skills, and abilities instead of trying to determine what the organization can do to solve their problems.
Using this strategy, a strategy that has been successful for decades in revitalizing communities and neighborhoods, the church can move people from participants to partners in ministry.
Studies show that those who are disillusioned with the church and those on the verge of leaving want the church to draw on their assets, not just provide services.
An asset-based approach will engage these individuals without alienating the majority of congregants who still seek fundamental programs and services.
However, if the church is committed to discovering assets, it must also be committed to utilizing them. This is how the church will truly be shaped by the people who call it home.
Let Reframe Church help you with your Asset-Mapping and the creation of your Asset-Based Strategy
If your church aims to reengage those who are disillusioned with the church or contemplating leaving, it is essential to recognize that reintegrating them into the existing church structure will be challenging, if not impossible. Additionally, it is important to understand that necessary changes are often harder to implement when they are pointed out by the pastor or another church leader.
This is where Reframe Church can help, as an impartial third party, we can identify the needed changes. This will allow your leadership team to focus on being part of the solution rather than being the ones highlighting the problems.
Use this form to contact the ministry of Reframe Church to learn how we can come alongside you and help your church become a church that now one wants to leave.