Why a Church Assessment?

Why should your church have a church assessment? Why do you look both ways before you cross the street?   … to evaluate where you are, where you are headed, identify any danger, and make wise decisions going forward.  An assessment is a tool that can help us evaluate and set a course for health.

There was a season in my life when I was accruing tools of all sorts. In college I accrued landscaping tools like rakes, shovels, mowers and trimmers. I was the only tenant in our grassless apartment complex with two push mowers and a riding lawn tractor. Next I gathered and assortment of mechanical tools to keep them operating. In another season I picked up a variety of power tools like saws and drills etc. Then there was the parsonage with the wood burning stove that required a chain saw and a ¾ ton pickup truck.  As a pastor I gathered a different assortment of tools. A collection of many books was followed by communication tools like a personal computer (an Apple IIC), phones, PDA’s, and upgrade after upgrade. 

As a denominational minister I have continued to tool up, to learn skills and processes that may help me do my work more effectively.  Our regional team, along with church leaders is continually learning and employing tools that will promote church health and effective disciple making.

One such tool helps us come along side your church leadership and assess the health and condition of the church. Transformational Church identifies the strengths and challenges in a local church. We can then leverage the strengths to face the challenges before us.  It just may be the right tool for the job to launch your church into a bright and hopeful future.