Church Growth Diagnostic w/ 10-Year Plan For the Small Church

This diagnostic (including the consultation fees) are custom tailored for the small church.  The small church contains many strengths that will be capitalized on, while we work together to develop plans that are realistic and suitable for the church with its present staffing, building and congregational makeup.

Dr. Whitesel will present an in-depth 50+ page document of his analysis and suggestions & will work with you to develop a workable 10-Year Growth Plan for the Small Church.

Includes:

  • 1 or 2 year Implementation Assistance
  • In-depth Interviews with: Pastors and Staff, Key Lay Leaders
  • Employing (among other data-gathering instruments):

    • Leadership Questionnaires
    • Congregational Questionnaires

Analysis of:

  • 6 Growth Inhibitors in a Small Church,
  • Why do some small churches live on and others die,
  • Conflict management in the small church,
  • Merger, Closure or Carrying on?
  • Staffing Requirements
  • Growth potential in your community or city.
  • Programs that will work in the small church.

A 10-Year Growth Strategy (custom-tailored), that will:

  • Correct problems,
  • Increase your base of support,
  • Include yearly actions steps and goals
  • Break the 50, 90 and 120 attendance plateaus,
  • Employ growth projections tailored to:
  • Your size,
  • Your staff,
  • Your community..
  • Build upon the strengths of  the small church.

6 Custom-tailored clinics

8 on-site visits

Toll Free phone support

Cost:  $5.800 (2 years) or $4,200 (1 year) … Our fee structure is 1/2  to 1/3 the fee most church growth consultants charge.

AND this consultation is Eligible for:

  • Fee Support (reduced cost based on need)
  • A low monthly payment plan.

The New Church or Venue PLANTING Diagnostic

This develops a 10-Year Planning process for a church multiplication strategy, via a newly planted church, a church that is soon to be started or a launch of a venue/campus.

“The Six (6) Key Factors for Success in Church Multiplication” including the “4 Ranked Skills of a Multiplication Leader and Strategy,” will be evaluated 3 times a year.

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Dr. Whitesel, himself a church planter, will provide ongoing tutoring and analysis.  For organizations that have not yet selected a church planter, an optional Pastoral Analysis component is available to screen church planter candidates.

Includes:

  • 1 or 2 year Implementation Assistance
  • In-depth Interviews with: Church Planter or Campus Leaders (and Staff if applicable), Launch Team Leaders, Sending Team Leaders.
  • Employing (among other data-gathering instruments):

    • Goal Clarification Questionnaires,
    • Vision and Mission Questionnaires,
    • Community Needs Survey.

Analysis of:

  • Leadership structures for church planting,
  • Realistic launch size for community and situation
  • Staffing requirements,
  • The target community’s social, economic, ethnic and receptivity potential,
  • Programs that will work in your situation.

A 5-Year Growth Strategy (custom-tailored), that will:

  • Include yearly actions steps and goals,
  • Consider lengths and levels of subsidy needed for growth,
  • Plan and evaluate potential problems before they arise,
  • Employ realistic growth projections.
  • 6 steps to move from survival goals to ministry goals.

7 Custom-tailored clinics

8 on-site visits

Toll Free phone support

Cost:  $5.800 (2 years) or $4,200 (1 year) … Our fee structure is 1/2  to 1/3 the fee most church growth consultants charge.

AND this consultation is Eligible for:

  • Fee Support (reduced cost based on need)
  • A low monthly payment plan.

Training for Missional Coaches

This is a CALL FOR APPLICANTS who want to be considered for the uocoming Cohort of Missional Coaches, who learn church health/growth consulting with me.

Previous years’ cohorts of missional coaches joined me for consultations at …

  • Ferguson, Missouri to help a Caucasian church transition to a multi-ethnic congregation.
  • Vineyard Church of Cincinnati, Ohio a mega-church to help with their pastoral transition to a new pastor.
  • First Presbyterian Church of Red Bank, New Jersey a growing church that has just changed its name to Tower Hill Church.

Do you know someone who should be trained in Church Health Consulting? Then email me soon. As usual, only six (6) suitable applicants will be accepted before November 1.

>> And the first four (4) can apply for a 50% discount. <<

Apply now for new year cohort & TRAINING FOR MISSIONAL COACHES (click for more info)

  • WHO IS THIS FOR?
    • All potential church health/growth consultants and coaches.
    • Denominational Leaders, Consultants, Coaches, Church Advisors.
    • Join an elite group of ONLY six (6) trainees.
  • Missional Church Coach training by Bob Whitesel D.Min. Ph.D., professor of Missional Leadership, Wesley Seminary and VP of the Society for Church Consulting
  • Join Dr. Whitesel on three (3) consultation visits to analyze actual case-studies under supervision by Dr. Whitesel
  • REDUCED TRAINING COSTS … If booked before Nov. 1 of this year, a 50% discount on coaching fees resulting in a total of $1500.  But, ONLY the first four (4) suitable applicants will be accepted.

Email me today for the online application link.

Curtis Thompson receiving his 2014 MISSIONAL COACHES CERTIFICATION in Orlando, at RENOVATE: The National Conference on Church Revitalization.

2014 Missional Coaches in Key Largo, FL

National & International Tours for leaders & their families, including the popular WesleyTour.com

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You may have joined Dr. Whitesel on a tour and want to go again with friends, family or staff.  Or you may have heard about these exciting experiences and want to join in the experience.

NEW CUSTOM TOURS …

Personal & customized tours for a small group to England or Southern California  

Want to learn from an expert & his wife?  

While avoiding crowds?

EMAIL bob@ChurchHealth.net for info on the custom tours

  • Experience England! Come & enjoy an immersive experience in the land and principles that changed Wesley … Experience ENGLAND and hear John Wesley’s words in the very places he spoke them as God turned him from an average Christian … INTO A WORLD-CHANGER.  This “immersive experience” recreates the words of Wesley in the actual locales he spoke them.  It will change you too!  

Download a previous BROCHURE for ideas of what you will learn & see >>   2017 WHITESEL WESLEY LAND & LEADERSHIP TOUR

Find us at WesleyTour.com 

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EMAIL bob@ChurchHealth.net for info on the next tour

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BIO (for publicity)

Brief Bio:

Bob Whitesel (D.Min. and Ph.D. Fuller Theological Seminary) is a sought-after speaker, church health/growth consultant and award-winning writer/scholar on missional leadership, church change and church growth. He is the author of hundreds of articles and 14 books in two decades. He has been called by a national magazine: “the key spokesperson on change theory in the church today.”  His website is Leadership.church.

General Speaking Bio:

Bob Whitesel (D.Min., Ph.D.) is a sought-after speaker, church health/growth consultant and award-winning writer on missional leadership, church change and church growth; who has been called by a national magazine: “the key spokesperson on change theory in the church today.” He is the founding professor and former professor of missional leadership at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. He holds two earned doctorates (D.Min. and Ph.D.) from Fuller Theological Seminary where the faculty awarded him “The Donald McGavran Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Church Growth.” He is the author of 14 books in 20 years, including an award-winning series on evangelism titled, Spiritual Waypoints: Helping Other Navigate the Journey (2010). His book ORGANIX: Signs of Leadership in a Changing Church (2011) describes emerging leadership changes that churches must embrace to grow in the 21st Century.  Cure for the Common Church: God’s Plan to Restore Church Health (2012) has been hailed as “a much needed practical guide for setting a path for renewal and growth” that is “achievable, simple and wise in one stroke.”  The Healthy Church: Practical Ways to Strengthen a Church’s Heart (2013) is the followup to Cure for the Common Church and includes field-tested exercises that will make a church resilient and healthy.  In 2016, the watershed book ReMix: Transitioning Your Church to Living Color was released with co-author Mark DeYmaz. And in 2018 his popular book Enthusiast! Finding a Faith that Fills introduces readers to a 30-day devotional to rejuvenate their spiritual lives based on the principles of John Wesley and his “method.” And Growing the Post-pandemic Church is “A Leadership.church Guide” to the practices that grow churches in difficult times. His website is Leadership.church.

Speaking on Change Bio:

Bob Whitesel (D.Min., Ph.D.) is a sought-after speaker, church health/growth consultant and award-winning writer on missional leadership, church change and church growth; who has been called by a national magazine: “the key spokesperson on change theory in the church today.” He is the founding professor and former professor of missional leadership at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University. He holds two earned doctorates (D.Min. and Ph.D.) from Fuller Theological Seminary where the faculty awarded him “The Donald McGavran Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Church Growth.” He is the author of 13 books in just 17 years dealing with change and evangelism. He will dissect how to bring about change in a unifying manner. A national magazine called him, “the key spokesperson on change theory in the church today,” and for 30+ years he has led a nationally-recognized ministry for coaching churches at Leadership.church.

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