06.16.20 | New Faith Expressions, Congregational Development, Training Tuesdays
Presenters: Rev. Bill Brown, Rev. William Chaney and Rev. Donna Claycomb Sokol
COVID-19 has effectively wiped out the entire church calendar for the rest of 2020 yet the mission of the church to make disciples for Jesus Christ continues. Finances for many congregations has dropped precipitously. Pastoral care has become a series of phone calls to the most vulnerable. Many churches have taken their worship experiences online through YouTube, Facebook live and direct streaming through their websites. There are multiple Google Meets bible studies and multiple Zoom meetings in each congregation. The ministry of the church goes beyond worship to include ministry to children, youth, pastoral care, discipleship and evangelism. This raises a significant leadership crisis for any church that seeks to be relevant post shelter in place orders. ReVisioning Ministry is designed to equip the pastor and the leadership of the congregation to revision current ministries, revision their community and revision new ministry endeavors. ReVisioning embraces the principals of human centered design and new church engagement to give the church a blueprint on how to approach ReVisioning their ministry within this new reality.