Restructuring Workshop Scheduled for August 13 with Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
As many of you know, over the last few years our congregation has been in 'visioning mode.' It began with our deacons facilitating SWOT analysis conversations with multiple teams of the church and continued with the establishing of a Vision Team. These conversations led to the recent 're-rooming' of classes and ministries in our facilities and the by-law changes that were voted on and passed in April.
As you may remember, the next step in our vision process is in relation to our 'structure.' By this, we mean the overall governance of the congregation currently made up of our Diaconate and over twenty-two committees. While this structure has carried us for much of the last seven decades, the Diaconate –– through the results of the data pulled from the visioning conversations –– has opened discussion around a possible governance restructure that would aid us in moving into the decades ahead. The hope, as we prayerfully seek God's voice in this work, is that we'll come out of these conversations with a more nimble structure that aids us in addressing the current needs of Benson Baptist Church as we seek to build the Kingdom of Christ in the best ways we can.
As we've had these conversations, it has come to our attention that our CBF sister congregation, Mt. Carmel Baptist, Chapel Hill, went through a very similar conversation a decade ago. Much like the BBC of today, they had a lot of committees that were not functioning, found a lot of the ministry work was being done by a small group of people, and realized that their congregation's communal connection was lower than it should be. Mt. Carmel prayerfully revisioned their governance and ten years later says they would not go back. Not only have they developed a more Spirit-led (and efficient) process of governance, they've also seen spiritual and numerical growth that their restructuring prepared them to face.
Like BBC, their community was on the cusp of growth and, like BBC, they knew they had to revision their structure. The results of this process for them have allowed Christ to work and move in powerful ways.
On Sunday, August 13, at 4PM, you are invited to join Mt. Carmel's pastor and a lay leader as they share their process, what they've learned, and how we might learn from where Christ has worked in a similar conversation – with a similar congregation – in the past. Light refreshments will be served.
The best is yet to be!
As you may remember, the next step in our vision process is in relation to our 'structure.' By this, we mean the overall governance of the congregation currently made up of our Diaconate and over twenty-two committees. While this structure has carried us for much of the last seven decades, the Diaconate –– through the results of the data pulled from the visioning conversations –– has opened discussion around a possible governance restructure that would aid us in moving into the decades ahead. The hope, as we prayerfully seek God's voice in this work, is that we'll come out of these conversations with a more nimble structure that aids us in addressing the current needs of Benson Baptist Church as we seek to build the Kingdom of Christ in the best ways we can.
As we've had these conversations, it has come to our attention that our CBF sister congregation, Mt. Carmel Baptist, Chapel Hill, went through a very similar conversation a decade ago. Much like the BBC of today, they had a lot of committees that were not functioning, found a lot of the ministry work was being done by a small group of people, and realized that their congregation's communal connection was lower than it should be. Mt. Carmel prayerfully revisioned their governance and ten years later says they would not go back. Not only have they developed a more Spirit-led (and efficient) process of governance, they've also seen spiritual and numerical growth that their restructuring prepared them to face.
Like BBC, their community was on the cusp of growth and, like BBC, they knew they had to revision their structure. The results of this process for them have allowed Christ to work and move in powerful ways.
On Sunday, August 13, at 4PM, you are invited to join Mt. Carmel's pastor and a lay leader as they share their process, what they've learned, and how we might learn from where Christ has worked in a similar conversation – with a similar congregation – in the past. Light refreshments will be served.
The best is yet to be!
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