Assessing and Evaluating the Congregation: Categories of Things to Look for - Rev. Dr. Jonathan New. Episode 69

When entering a new congregation as an intentional interim minister, a lot of things vie for your attention: How is their financial condition? Worship attendance? Morale? How did it go with the previous pastor? and more. So, it’s helpful not only to learn quickly, but also to avoid getting dragged down or distracted by the anxiety in the system or easily quantifiable things. To this end, deeply experienced transition minister and vitality expert, Rev. Dr. Jonathan New, speaks of the five key features of church life that he pays attention to, as well as exploring the congregation’s core governing principles, and helping them increase their self-understanding – all of which make for effective transitional leadership in helping a congregation take its next steps faithfully.

• The five key features of church life I pay attention to;
• Exploring the congregation’s core governing principles –
•  its “DNA”
• Does it matter which kinds of assessments to use?
• Helping the cong. to increase its self-understanding.

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