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Profile of Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale

This profile describes how this mega-church has transformed the foster care system in southern Florida.

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Six Catalytic Service Approaches

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Six Catalytic Service Approaches

 

by Krista Petty (Leadership Network, 2006)

 

Resource Type: Online booklet describing six examples of large community service events organized by churches. The narrative about each example tells the type of events, the number of people involved, and the budget required. 

 

Main Audience: Pastors and lay leaders looking for project-oriented (event-oriented) steps to take in moving their congregation to a greater external focus.

 

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Profile of Perimeter Church

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Profile of PerimeterChurch

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This congregation’s story offers lessons for others about how a church can greatly expand and deepen its engagement in the city, especially through partnerships with other congregations.

 

Audience: This will be helpful for leaders at suburban and urban churches looking for models of multi-church collaboration for community transformation.

 


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Profile of Tenth Presbyterian Church

 

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Profile of Tenth Presbyterian Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

It describes the development of Tenth’s ACTS ministry and discusses lessons learned regarding lay/leadership collaboration, training, and keeping outreach-ministry “owned” by lay people (rather than being staff driven)

 

Audience: Leaders at “downtown” urban churches; leaders wanting to learn how other congregations have shifted from internal to external focus

 
 

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Profile of Second Baptist Church

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Profile of Second Baptist Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

It tells how Second Baptist reached out to city leaders to learn more about the community and engaged a network of churches to serve public school children.

 

Audience: Urban, suburban, or rural churches looking to partner together; Churches seeking to do significant work with children and schools

 



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Profile of Lincoln Village Ministry

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Profile of Lincoln Village Ministry

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

It tells the story of this suburban church’s development of a deep and multi-faceted partnership with a nearby neighborhood, Lincoln Village, starting with creative engagement in the public elementary school there.

  

Audience: Suburban or rural churches desiring significant community impact; Churches wishing to engage in schools for significant transformation; Churches interested in partnering with others to have community impact.

 



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Profile of New Song Community Church

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Profile of New Song Community Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This congregation’s story offers lessons for others about how even a relatively small church can have huge influence by following CCDA’s 3 Rs model and emphasizing indigenous leadership development, partnerships, and long-term incarnational ministry.

 

Audience: This will be helpful for church planters and church leaders ready to commit to a long-term focus on holistic community development in a particular neighborhood

 
 

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Profile of Fellowship Bible Church North

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Profile of FellowshipBibleChurch North

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This church’s story offers lessons for others about how to turn a church’s small groups into a force for community service and impact.

 

Audience: Most appropriate for larger churches with existing small group ministries

 

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Profile of First Baptist Church Huntsville

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Profile of FirstBaptistChurch Huntsville

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This profile describes First Baptist’s decision to establish a community ministry focused on an obvious segment of its community: the 1200 correctional officers of the nearby prison and newly released inmates and their families.

 

Audience: Churches desiring to learn how to establish an outreach ministry focused on one key community issue or problem

 

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Profile of LifeBridge Christian Church

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Profile of LifeBridge Christian Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This church’s story offers lessons for others about how to turn a church towards greater external focus, leading to broad community influence and impact.

 

Audience: Most appropriate for fairly large suburban churches

 

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Profile of Calvary Chapel Ft. Lauderdale

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Six Catalytic Service Approaches

DEVELOPING VISION RESOURCE  

Six Catalytic Service Approaches

 

by Krista Petty (Leadership Network, 2006)

 

Resource Type: Online booklet describing six examples of large community service events organized by churches. The narrative about each example tells the type of events, the number of people involved, and the budget required. 

 

Main Audience: Pastors and lay leaders looking for project-oriented (event-oriented) steps to take in moving their congregation to a greater external focus.

 

Download PDF Now (Click Resources, then the link for the full listing, then select this article. Downloading requires free registration.)


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Profile of Second Baptist Church

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Profile of Second Baptist Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

It tells how Second Baptist reached out to city leaders to learn more about the community and engaged a network of churches to serve public school children.

 

Audience: Urban, suburban, or rural churches looking to partner together; Churches seeking to do significant work with children and schools

 



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Profile of Mariner’s Church

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Profile of Mariner’s Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

It tells the story of this mega-church’s community outreach department, Lighthouse Ministries.

  

Audience: Leaders of mega-churches wanting ideas for how to structure themselves for effective community ministry; Suburban churches desiring significant community impact

and meaningful spiritual development in members through service

 

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Profile of Hope Evangelical Free Church

 

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Profile of Hope Evangelical Free Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This tells of Hope’s journey in becoming an externally focused church and how it has dramatically increased the numbers of its members getting engaged in serving the city.

 

Audience: Suburban churches looking to partner with schools and other community agencies to be agents of grace to their community; church leaders wanting to learn from others’ stories of transitioning to more effective outreach

 

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Profile of New Song Community Church

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Profile of New Song Community Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This congregation’s story offers lessons for others about how even a relatively small church can have huge influence by following CCDA’s 3 Rs model and emphasizing indigenous leadership development, partnerships, and long-term incarnational ministry.

 

Audience: This will be helpful for church planters and church leaders ready to commit to a long-term focus on holistic community development in a particular neighborhood

 
 

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Profile of LifeBridge Christian Church

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Profile of LifeBridge Christian Church

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This church’s story offers lessons for others about how to turn a church towards greater external focus, leading to broad community influence and impact.

 

Audience: Most appropriate for fairly large suburban churches

 

Download PDF Now
 

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Profile of Fellowship Bible Church North

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Profile of FellowshipBibleChurch North

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This church’s story offers lessons for others about how to turn a church’s small groups into a force for community service and impact.

 

Audience: Most appropriate for larger churches with existing small group ministries

 

Download PDF Now


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Profile of First Baptist Church Huntsville

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Profile of FirstBaptistChurch Huntsville

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This profile describes First Baptist’s decision to establish a community ministry focused on an obvious segment of its community: the 1200 correctional officers of the nearby prison and newly released inmates and their families.

 

Audience: Churches desiring to learn how to establish an outreach ministry focused on one key community issue or problem

 

Download PDF Now



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Profile of Rolling Hills Community Church

 

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Profile of Rolling HillsCommunityChurch

 

by Krista Petty (FASTEN, 2007)

 

Resource Type: Instructional profile.

This church’s story offers lessons learned regarding leadership development and training church members as winsome evangelists in the midst of their community service.

 

Audience: Suburban churches desiring significant community impact through all-church service events, on-going small group service participation, and individual mentoring.

 

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