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Course
More Than a Building: Using Facilities and Systems to Support Ministry
~16 Hours
Do you view your facilities as a vital part of your ministry? If not, you may be missing out on key ministry opportunities for your community. In the course, More Than a Building: Using Facilities and Systems to Support Ministry, explore the unique ways the physical space of your church can support spreading the gospel and discipling your congregation.
2 instructors
About This Course
You can’t read the Bible and conclude that spaces set aside for worship are unimportant. The design and use of worship facilities receive considerable attention in Scripture. While every church facility is unique, church’s facilities should support its mission of spreading the gospel and building up the body. Join Mike Bonem, executive pastor, business leader, and author of five books on ministry leadership, as you explore the unique ways the physical infrastructure of your church can be used in ministry.
This is a part of the Business of Ministry Certificate.
Learning Outcomes
- Define the different elements of facilities and systems that are typical in churches
- Assess how well your church’s facilities are being used to support your mission
- Evaluate the systems that support your church’s ministry and recommend improvements
- Recommend changes in the processes and forms for communication in your church
Created in partnership with the Church Leadership Institute, which is part of the De Pree Center, and FULLER Equip.
- Administration
- Ministry Admin Training
- Professional Training
Introduction
1. Getting Started
2. Facilities, Systems, and Communication
3. Biblical Insights
Facilities: Where the Congregation Meets
4. The Church Is Not a Building, But...
5. Facilities—More than Bricks and Mortar
6. Counting the Cost for Facilities
7. Facility Use
8. Leased Space
Systems: The Invisible Elements that Facilitate Ministry
9. Overview of Systems
10. Systems Related to People
11. Systems for Getting Work Done
Communications: The Intersection of Systems and Ministry
12. Overview of Communications
13. Primary Channels of Communication
14. Developing Strategy and Systems for Communication
Conclusion
15. Putting It All Together
16. Next Steps
Your Instructor
Mike Bonem
Executive Pastor, Business Leader, Author
Mike Bonem is a consultant, coach, author, speaker, husband, and father. He offers a unique mix of world-class consulting and executive leadership experience to help churches, ministries, and their leaders turn vision into results. Mike works with congregations, denominational bodies, and faith-based non-profits on vision discernment, strategy implementation, and organizational design. He also coaches ministry leaders, helping them grow their capacity. He has developed and taught seminars for the Willow Creek Association, The Purpose-Driven Church (Saddleback Church), Christian Leadership Alliance, and Leadership Network. Mike served over 10 years as an executive pastor. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, was a senior consultant with McKinsey & Company, and held executive leadership roles in two businesses. He is the author or co-author of five books on ministry leadership, including his most recent, The Art of Leading Change: Ten Perspectives on the Messiness of Ministry.
CLI
The Church Leadership Institute (CLI) is a consulting and coaching group, a laboratory of church leadership, and the “Harvard Business Review” of the church. While there are a number of good resources and consulting groups at work in the larger church today, the De Pree Center Church Leadership Institute brings four distinct aspects to this work: Convene: Through our alumni and partner organizations, we bring the diverse church together across denominational and cultural lines to address the largest questions and challenges for the widest possible learning. “We talk to people who don’t talk to each other.” Research: Nested in a graduate school, our resources and experiences are grounded and will continually be grounded in research. Ongoing research will enable us to continually learn and offer those learnings to the larger church. Reach: As a non-profit institution with a technology platform and international reach, we can raise money and serve churches that could never afford the expertise of consultant agencies and pour the money from our consulting services back into other congregations, thus strengthening the larger body of Christ Formation: As an institution of formational education, our experience and expertise is on the formation of the inner life, character, resilience, and wisdom necessary for leadership—both individuals and congregations as a whole.
