LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Ministry leaders interested in consulting churches can be trained by church health expert Thom Rainer in a series of Church Consultant Training conferences scheduled for 2003. (See story: Training conferences equip ministry leaders to consult churches)
Pastors, ministers, denominational leaders, lay leaders and church administrators can apply for the one-day courses, which include training on the exclusive Church Health Survey.
The survey, a tool developed in 1994 by Rainer, measures a congregation's perceptions in six key areas: worship, evangelism, discipleship, ministry, prayer and fellowship. More than 500 churches representing 11 denominations have used the survey to determine their strengths and weaknesses when developing action plans for improving church health and growth.
The next Level 1 Church Health Consultant Training conference is scheduled for Feb. 4 in Louisville, Ky. Participants will learn:
- A definition of church consulting
- Basic commitments of church consultants
- The history of church consultation
- Types of church consultants
- Key church consulting skills
- The consultation process
- Areas to cover in a church consultation
- How to establish church consultation fees
- How to develop a consulting business
- Ten common mistakes of consultants
- Ten winning strategies of consultants
- How to administer the Church Health Survey
Additional levels of training also are available, building on what participants learn in Level 1. More information on each training course is available online.
The Level 1 training, which costs $395 per person, includes a free Church Health Survey for use in one church -- a $320 value -- and a training manual. Participants can recoup most of their training fee by selling the Church Health Survey package.
