Ok, so in reality it is a buisness plan, but I need to justify myself for mixing business and the church. I am enrolled at TUFW for Business Administration. A degree I started a few years ago. This semester I am taking Creative Innovation and New Venture & Entrepreunership. For both classes I will be creating a path for connecting people to the local church.
People connecting to the local church is the beginning of discipleship. I am convinced that discipleship cannot happen without accountability. For the overwhelming majority of Christians, the church is the place they look to for resources, encouragement, and a structure to grow in their faith. So, that is what I am attempting to do with through both classes, but the trick is I have to do it within business terms since these are business classes.
So, one of my first questions to answer is the product. How do I define the product and/or services? Here are some of my initial thoughts:
- The church will offer connecting services. As I stated above, connecting to the local church is part of and necessary for discipleship.
- The church will offer coaching services. What is coaching? Coaching is offering instruction on improving certain skills. A coach can point out an individual or teams weaknesses and strengthes. Then they motivate them to suceed through practice. How does this translate to the church? Good question and I am open to ideas. Leadership can coach people in their personal life and/or ministry. Leadership can direct an individual to a certain aspect of their life that needs to be developed such as prayer, knowledge of the scripture, personal ministry, identify spirtual gifts and passions, etc.
- The church will offer consulting services. For those who have developed the skill of prayer, scripture knowledge, have identified their passion and gifts, but need direction on how to use them. For this the leadership can consult an individual on developing goals and how to achieve them.
Connecting, coaching, consulting. Would love to hear any feedback about these 3 services as an offered product in my “Discipleship Business Plan”.
