NewThing Crucial Components
NewThing's Affilate Network is a growing number of churches who network to create a movement of reproducing churches through affiliate relationships by actively planting new locations and new churches. The over-riding focus amongst these networks will be accountability for reproducing, utilizing the four crucial components below. Each Affiliate church is a part of a smaller Network.
1. Leadership Development process for individual leaders and artists
The process for developing individual leaders may vary from church to church depending on creativity or context, but the principles of every leader intentionally developing other leaders formally and relationally is a constant in every reproducing church.
- Apprentice model implemented in every department or ministry.
- Coaching model applied in every department or ministry.
- Leadership Residents in the mix.
Principle: The responsibility of developing leaders is shared by every leader in the church.
2. Leadership Development program for the entire organization
A formal, regular gathering of all leaders and apprentice leaders from every ministry that includes a combination of:
- Vision: What are we about? Where are we going?
- Huddle: How does this play out in my particular area of ministry?
- Skill: How do we do it? What do we need to learn?
Principle: Leaders will be empowered and equipped by the church.
3. Metrics in place to measure all aspects of reproduction
A dashboard tool is in place that measures how many leaders are being developed through the regular program (i.e. Leadership Community) and how effectively they are being developed. A reproducing goal is put before leadership as a next step.
Principle: Measure what matters. Without constant visual measurement, leadership development processes and programs become wishful thinking.
4. A Commitment to church reproduction
A clear goal and action plan for launching a new campus and/or a new church.
- Leadership Residents in training
- Reproduction funds as part of the church’s general operations budget
Principle: Put your resources where your values are.