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Is your church organizationally healty?

We help PCA (and other Reformed) churches achieve organizational health and maximize ministry effectivness.
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Is your church stuck? Is attendance plateaued or declining? Are you wondering what to do next? Is your pastor worn out? Is your Session frustrated? We can help.

Does Organizational Health Matter?

According to various studies and expert analyses, a significant percentage (60% to 85%) of churches in America are either plateaued or in decline. Additionally, only a fraction of Evangelical churches (10% to 15%) have the necessary financial resources, leadership, and volunteer base to support a church plant without overextending themselves. In short: most churches aren't growing and most churches aren't planting more churches. Why are the majority of American churches seeing such challenges related to growth and vitality? Should we simply blame our rapidly secularizing culture? Or, is it possible many good churches that believe the Bible, have sound theology, and want to reach their community with the gospel, are neglecting something really important? (Click here to Skip to Services)
At COMPASS, we believe churches that want to reach more people and plant more churches need to, first and foremost, be spiritually healthy. However, we also believe ministry effectiveness is much higher in churches that are organizationally healthy too. Organizational health is the term used to refer to an organization's ability to operate effectively, grow sustainably and adapt to change. Organizationally healthy churches benefit from greater clarity. They generally enjoy higher levels of unity. And they often reach more people for Christ and plant more churches. So, why don't more churches invest time and resources in achieving organizational health?
Organizational health is often neglected because Christians rightfully want to avoid importing business practices into church ministry. But, God wants His people to be organized. In fact, the Bible reveals a pattern of increased organization leading to increased ministry effectiveness (e.g., Ex. 18:1-27 & Acts 6:1-7). Additionally, organizational health was not invented by the business world; the business world borrowed it from general revelation. That's where churches find it too. The Westminster Divines said there are aspects of ministry that are, "...common to human actions and societies, [and] are to be ordered by the light of nature…” (WCF 1.6). In other words, some aspects of healthy church leadership overlap with healthy leadership practices found in other societal entities (companies, schools, hospitals, governments, etc.). We learn many important aspects of life and ministry (math, geography, etc.) from general revelation. And that's where we learn how to be more organized too. COMPASS can guide your church’s leadership through a process that will put your church on a course toward greater organizational health and, Lord willing, greater ministry effectiveness. We will help you answer six critically important questions (inspired by organizational health expert, Patrick Lencioni): Why do we exist? What do we do? How do we behave? How will we succeed? What’s most important, right now? and Who must do what? When we’re done, your church will be ready to move forward with much more clarity, unity, and excitement as you seek to faithfully follow Jesus and make Him known among your neighbors and the nations.
OUR SPECIALIZATION

Helping churches achieve organizational health

Assessment
We can assess your church's current level of organizational health and explain how implementing basic strategies can increase ministry effectiveness.
Instruction
We can help you understand and apply organizational health principles so your leadership can chart a course toward a more organized approach to ministry and greater ministry effectiveness.
Coaching
After helping you implement organizational health principles, we can provide ongoing coaching in order to maximize the impact your new strategy.
ABOUT US

Experience Matters

Our founder, and lead coach, has implemented organizational health principles in both church revitalization and church planting. He has learned what to do; and what not to do. And he truly enjoys helping pastors and Sessions get organized and aligned. His doctoral work is focused on the role of organizational health in ministry effectiveness. And he has also implemented organizational health principles at the Presbytery level; helping Presbytery committees increase both unity and productivity.
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Reviews

Testimonials from pastors who have received coaching from Matt

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    "Out of all the great pastors who have ever helped me or given me wisdom, Matt has been the most helpful... what he does is always helpful, encouraging, challenging, [and] insightful..."
    C. Williford
    Asst. Pastor, Jacksonville
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    [Matt] has a deep and genuine love for Jesus and sense of grace that informs all his coaching. I am often surprised, but also profoundly helped by his perspectives and suggestions.
    B.Otten
    Church Planter, Cincinatti

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