Strengthening Churches
Helping your church fulfill its mission to help more people meet, know and follow Jesus.
Strengthening Your Church
A healthy church, while enjoying what God is doing today, is actively advancing in preparation for what God is leading them to tomorrow. They are engaging in church planting and missions – both locally and globally – because they are more concerned about God’s kingdom than about what they gain. A healthy church is seeing people come to Christ on a regular basis and functioning according to its purpose and mission.
To accomplish this, a church needs healthy leaders and systems to support it, plus close relationships with other like-minded churches. Through assessment, coaching and covering, strategic planning and supportive networks, Converge’s Church Strengthening team helps your church maximize your God-given potential to fulfill your mission.
We understand that it’s tough moving ministry forward when you also have to manage administrative tasks, staffing and human resources responsibilities, funding needs and other duties. We provide services so your leaders can better serve and lead your people.
Converge Heartland Churches have access to:
Ministry planning
Church multiplication
Missions
Pastor search
Lifetime income in retirement
Funding for ministry expansion
Residency Program
LEAD Teams
A LEAD Team is a gathering of relationally and missionally committed pastors from a geographical region or affinity group. Teams meet together regularly to build meaningful relationships, focus on spiritual growth, and work together to see mission accomplished through multiplying (planting) new churches, and nurturing church health.
While church planting is a strong emphasis of each LEAD Team, church health is equally important. Participating pastors/leaders challenge each other, learn together, and resource one another in a caring environment to stimulate the mobilization, health, and impact of each church involved in the team.
Contact us to learn more about your local LEAD team.
Ministry Assessment — StratOp
The Paterson StratOp process for churches facilitates your church leadership through an intensive ministry planning process that is custom-fit to your ministry. Your church leaders will come away with a united vision and solid action plan unique to your church’s culture, values, and mission.
Heartland Church Solutions
There are strategic seasons in every church, parachurch, and nonprofit organization when leadership is in transition, fresh direction is needed, mission realignment becomes crucial, or additional equipping is deemed necessary. Heartland solutions can help.
With decades of church, para-church, and nonprofit leadership experience, we are not only able to assist, but we are able to customize strengthening services to fit your organization's culture, context, and budget.
Residency Program
WHAT WE DO
Gaining intentional, hands-on local church ministry experience is critical for cultivating new ministers. Converge Heartland provides this necessary experience by facilitating vocational ministry agreements between developing ministers and host churches to create mutually beneficial two to three-year residencies.
Facing the challenges of leading a church?
Check out our Whiteboard Leadership training videos, tools to more effectively lead your church, your staff and your community.
Leading a church can be complex, but I have a network of people from churches all around the country who are in my corner. You’re never alone when you’re a part of Converge.
Ben Payne | Northridge Baptist Church | Mitchell, South Dakota