5 Renewals Required for Revitalisation
One of the most helpful bits of information about church revitalisation that I learned at one of the many conferences I have attended over the years is this: “When God wants to revitalize a church he takes them through 5 types of renewal. These NEVER happen out of order.” That’s a pretty bold statement, but I’ve found it to be true. The five types of renewal are: 1. Personal Renewal, 2. Relational Renewal, 3. Missional Renewal, 4. Structural Renewal, and 5. Cultural Renewal.
When a church is in the lifecycle stage of recline (plateaued) or decline and decides to work on revitalisation, most of the time the first instinct is to jump right to the fourth renewal, structural renewal.
Source: By Canon Mark Eldredge
