The GO Project
If your congregation is having a hard time getting over the hump, you are in the right place.
Nothing seems to be working and what used to work isn’t working.
Your congregation, who looks to you for leadership, wants you to fix it, but you are not sure what to do. You have read the books and even gone to a conference or two. It’s all great information, but something just isn’t clicking.
Being stuck is draining the energy from the place. The toll is starting to physically wear on you. Whose fault is it? Yours? Leadership? The people?
Surely there is a way out. Right? We get it. We have been there.
That’s why we developed a different approach. One born out of deep research and practice. One that works.
We work alongside you and your leadership team to restore your church’s health using our exclusive-proven process.
We work shoulder-to-shoulder with you and your leadership as we develop your skill to align the perception, vision, strategy, structure, and people of your church. This is key to organic steady church growth.
Unlike some programs that help you with strategy and others that help you with spiritual development, we combine BOTH in a holistic way. This synergetic approach establishes the framework to remove the stumbling blocks that keep you from getting over the hump and on the road to church revitalization.
We will work closely with you over 24 months to shift your church’s paradigm from ministering TO the congregation to ministering THROUGH the congregation so you all can minister to more people in better ways. Each of your church’s ministries will be aligned to The Great Commission so that they can fulfill The Great Commission.
As a result, your church will grow spiritually, numerically, and financially the way that God intended it to grow.
Let’s get your congregation going
Take the next two steps.
It’s time.
- Let’s get acquianted and explore whether the timing is right to work together. If it is, we will get you on the right path. If it’s not, no worries. The timing won’t be right for everyone. Drop us you name and email below. We will be in touch soon.
- Read Creating a Sense of Urgency in Your Church. This post will get you on the right path and get you going.
Speaking generally, a church that is in long-term plateau or decline will require approximately two to three years of foundational work, and another two to three years before revitalization is firmly rooted in the DNA of your church.
Our approach focuses on training you to develop the skill to take the theology and philosophy of revitalization into ACTUAL practice.
Yes. Whatever has happened in your church has happened in others. Many, many times a pastor or leader has said, “I know you’ve never seen anything like this before . . .” as he or she proceeds to paint a picture that we have seen multiple times. We get it.
Working alongside you, we will develop your skill to create your church’s revitalization strategy. This plan will be unique to your church.
No, don’t wait. God knows what He has in mind for your church and knows who your next pastor is going to be. If you need to revitalize, take action now, even without a pastor. Creating a church growth and development plan will help church leaders establish a sense of identity for the church and its vision for the future. Better understanding your identity and your vision will make you better able to select the right new pastor.
Our commitment is to work with pastors, leaders, and congregations who hold to authentic evangelicalism, i.e. Authority of Scripture, Divinity of Christ, Trinity, etc. We subscribe to the Apostles Creed and the Westminster Confession of Faith. If Jesus is Savior and Lord to you, we should be able to work together. We are committed to doing all we can, by the grace of God, to help these churches back to health and strength, and grow in number through conversion.
Attendance and giving are by-products of developing a healthy church that measures its ministry by growth in spiritual maturity and impact in the community through outreach and evangelism. Remember, God gives the growth.
When pricing “The GO Project”, we take the following seven factors into consideration:
- The scope and size of the work to be done with your church.
- Energetic Cost: The discouragement that drains the congregation from not being able to get over the hump.
- Time Cost: The amount of time spent spinning your wheels not knowing how to fix the problem.
- Identity Cost: Your church not having a greater impact in your community.
- Physical Cost: The life-zapping toll on leadership of being stuck, frustrated, and lacking answers.
- Financial Cost: The painful reality of being unduly handcuffed because the church is not growing in a holistic, sustainable, and organic way.
- The freedom that comes from figuring it out.
After completing the initial assessment, we will provide you a quote. Yes, we do have payment options available.
Success Stories
Rev. Bill McDonald, Logos Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA.
The Church Revitalization process has helped move Logos Presbyterian forward. This is a church that has had two significant church splits in the last five to eight years, and have plateaued/decline in the last several years.
Dr. Rob Buchanan – EPC of Elkton, VA
“This ministry has greatly helped to keep us on track as a leadership team, Session, and church. We have steadily seen our church grow with more and more people visiting and attending as we have made “people contact” of high priority, seeking to create “people flow” in order to reach lost people. During the time I have known Ken and gleaned from his ministry our church has grown 20% and we’ve added a Fellowship Hall and more classroom space. More than the growth, this ministry has kept our focus on the Lord and His mission to make disciples of all nations, the harvest is truly ripe!”
Rev. Glen Holman, Organizing Pastor Hope Community Church in Waynesboro, Virginia.
“We are a small church (average weekly worship attendance of 70). While we are a mission church in the EPC, we began our journey together when a large group from First Presbyterian Church, Waynesboro (PCUSA) left after a protracted discernment process and the subsequent challenges we experienced in leaving the PC (USA).
In the early stages of our life together (spring of 2013), Dr. Ken Priddy consulted with us providing a very meaningful full-day seminar introducing some of the principles of the GO training (Building Your Church’s Great Commission Matrix). This training provided significant thought-provoking material, which challenged us to look at our life cycle as a new mission church, as well as the need for every ministry to have the same strategic design . . . GO . . . MAKE . . . DISCIPLES. He also introduced us to the Vision Team concept surrounded by prayer teams. We initiated this process shortly after the presentation. It has proved to be quite effective in helping us focus on God’s vision for us, moving from thinking only about what brought us together (shared theological commitments) to focusing on what God is calling us to be for Him and His Kingdom now (a congregation committed to being and making disciples)!
Since this March, I have been engaged in one of Dr. Priddy’s GO Clusters. These bi-monthly GoToMeeting video conferences have provided more specifics to the initial training. One specific gleaning from our most recent conference was to learn how to minister THROUGH our congregation rather than just TO our congregation. As a leadership team we are discerning how to move people to be agents of ministry rather than just recipients of ministry based upon this teaching.
The ministry Dr. Priddy is providing is a true blessing for me and our church as we continue to seek for ways to apply these ministry principles to our life together. I pray more of our EPC congregations across the country will benefit from this excellent training.”
Dr. James Banks – Peace Church, Durham, NC
“The training we received through individual consultation and GO Cluster participation was absolutely invaluable for our church. Rather than a “one size fits all” approach, this provided specific, detailed attention necessary for assessing the Spirit’s unique work here. Peace is attempting a “prayer based model” for church growth, which is not part of a standard “church growth” paradigm. Ken and Tom did not “despise the day of small things;” both recognized that what God is doing here is impacting lives not only in Durham and nationally but in many countries (I have been blessed with a writing ministry in the area of prayer—especially prayer for families with prodigals—and the church embraces this ministry as their own). The outstanding consultation and insight provided enabled us to investigate the relationship between prayer and evangelism in practical ways that have helped us reach deeper into our community. Further encouragement in a missional outlook through regular training at Presbytery meetings has also been indispensable (a recent presentation of “Christianity Explored” was very well received, and we will be launching our first outreach effort with it this Fall). Peace is now exhibiting positive numerical growth, financial stability, and fresh vitality and enthusiasm for a true Kingdom ministry.”