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Transformational Ministry Assessment

The Transformational Ministry Assessment offers a new way to measure the effectiveness of a program or area of ministry within a faith community. It guides you to understand the extent to which a ministry is prioritizing transformational growth in people’s lives and faith formation, rather than just numerical growth and attendance.

DETAILS

  • Printed workbook introduces a new framework for ministry assessment 
  • Questionnaire provides individual and average scores to understand current ministry impact
  • Discussion materials for your group to debrief scores and implications
  • Coaching from Ministry Leadership Center staff
  • Connect with our team to learn more about using this resource in your ministry context.
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Product Description

Depending on your leadership role and context, ministry assessment might bring to mind anxiety, frustration, confusion, stress, or even hopelessness. The Transformational Ministry Assessment helps your faith community tell the full story of God’s movement in people’s lives and in your community. It offers a new, hopeful way of approaching assessment that goes beyond just numbers.

 

PRINTED WORKBOOK

Rooted in the walk to Emmaus story (Luke 24:13-35), this workbook introduces the Transformational Ministry Framework and the importance of shifting how your faith community defines success.

QUESTIONNAIRE

This questionnaire assesses a program or area of your ministry according to four Categories of Transformation: Head, Heart, Hands, and Community to identify measurable ministry outcomes in people’s lives. 

 

GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDES

From reflecting theologically and discussing best practices to strategizing next steps, our discussion materials lead to an actionable conversation about the questionnaire’s results.

 

COACHING 

Our trained facilitators walk with your faith community through the assessment process, providing a valuable outside perspective and support.  

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Three-Step Process

Holy Disruptions series are designed to delve into the unique experiences of today’s youth, spark deep theological reflection, and foster transformative discussions. Our three-part methodology empowers students to align with God’s vision and desires for the world.

Discuss

Explore the Transformational Ministry Framework and the differences between transactional and transformational metrics.

Assess

Invite ministry stakeholders to complete the questionnaire.

Strategize

Identify next steps together to prioritize transformational growth in your ministry.

Preview the Guide

To gain a sense of what’s going on in people’s lives in your community, you’ll conduct an interview with at least:

 

  1. One active participant in your faith community
  2. One person who is not active in your faith community
  3. One local leader (staff or volunteer) from another faith community in your geographic context.

Testimonials

“This process helped to validate what I have long wrestled with in ministry — that much of what is truly meaningful cannot be measured by quantitative metrics. It changed my views by giving me more hope about how open laity can be to examining their own views and re-evaluating their understanding of success. I felt a greater sense of working alongside laity rather than lamenting a congregation that wants "results" as a contemplative pastor who is more drawn to meaning and intentionality.”
- Rev. Beth Johnson, Southside United Methodist Church
“This process was about effectiveness, but in this longer view of sowing seeds for transformation and partnering with the Holy Spirit to be the place where, over time, that kind of growth in grace can happen. I think we'll adopt a similar way of thinking through each of our five ministry areas that are represented in our student council over the next year or two.”
- Rev. Tony Jeck, Director of Auburn Wesley Foundation

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