BRINGING THEM IN AND BUILDING THEM UP
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church exists to glorify God and serve His people through Word, Worship, Witness and Work.
VISION
To witness God deliver sinners from the bonding of sin, disciple saints into Christ-like maturity and deploy them for service in the world.
VALUES
God-glorifying worship
Word-centered preaching
Christ-exalting witness
Faithful evangelism
Radical hospitality
Intentional discipleship
STRATEGIC THEMES + OBJECTIVES
THEME 1:
Rebrand and develop our children’s and youth ministries for spiritual and numerical growth.
• Objective 1: Identify children’s ministry advisory team who will identify and address easily resolvable gaps in our overall children’s programming.
• Objective 2: Create a nursery for 0-5.
• Objective 3: Establish a children’s discipleship curriculum that can be applied in both church and home.
• Objective 4: Secure a Children and Youth intern who creates the framework for the children’s ministry.
• Objective 5: Secure a paid Youth Pastor/Director.
• Objective 6: Integrate children and youth in our virtual experience, including our social media platforms, Facebook, and sponsored ads.
THEME 2:
Expand the spiritual, financial, and physical gifts of the church.
• Objective 1: Integrate the ministry of prayer across all aspects of congregational life.
• Objective 2: Identify leaders for every ministry.
• Objective 3: Develop a clear process for training leaders to serve.
• Objective 4: Spotlight ministries throughout the church in signage, etc.
• Objective 5: Conduct ministry fairs twice a year.
• Objective 6: Galvanize the church to support our high impacts Sundays.
• Objective 7: Conduct quarterly reviews of numerical and financial trends.
• Objective 8: Celebrate “Andrews” yearly. An Andrew is a person who brings someone to Jesus.
THEME 3:
Leverage the use of our facility.
• Objective 1: Appoint a leader to create a packet for persons wishing to use or rent our physical space.
• Objective 2: Beautify the additional properties of our church.
• Objective 3: Execute the design plan for Simpson property.
• Objective 4: Collaborate with planners and developers about the use of our McLemore properties.
• Objective 5: Begin renovation of the church building, working from a list of priorities.
THEME 4:
Create a welcoming atmosphere of love and appreciation.
• Objective 1: Train the Hospitality ministry.
• Objective 2: Develop additional welcome gifts for first time worshippers.
• Objective 3: Create a swag shop.
• Objective 4: Design a permanent “hospitality area” consisting of a coffee bar and tables.
• Objective 5: Conduct monthly social media campaigns on all our digital platforms.
THEME 5:
Prioritize outreach and witnessing.
• Objective 1: Develop relationships with the apartments near our church.
• Objective 2: Establish an outreach team to promote church in the community.
• Objective 3: Schedule at least 10 outreach events yearly.
• Objective 4: Create a physical and digital outreach packet for members to use.
THEME 6:
Innovate evangelism efforts to modernize outreach and enhance effectiveness.
• Objective 1: Implement a digital evangelism strategy, including bi-weekly social media campaigns, targeting 1,000 online engagements per month.
• Objective 2: Develop a monthly podcast series addressing contemporary Christian living, aiming to gain 500 unique listeners within the first six months.
• Objective 3: Launch a mobile app with church resources, prayer requests, and service information, with a goal of 500 downloads in the first quarter.
• Objective 4: Train 20 church members in digital evangelism, achieving 80% engagement in online evangelistic activities within the first year.
• Objective 5: Host quarterly evangelism events that incorporate creative technologies (e.g. virtual reality church tours), reaching 300 in-person or virtual participants per event.
THEME 7:
Develop leadership by training 10 new leaders and establishing ministry succession plans for each ministry.
• Objective 1: Identify 10 potential leaders within the congregation by the end of the first quarter and enroll them in SERVE.
• Objective 2: Ensure each of the 10 leaders completes three ministry-specific workshops, each assessed by a skills-based evaluation.
• Objective 3: Create succession plans for 100% of existing ministries, with formal documentation submitted by the ministry heads and reviewed by the leadership team.
• Objective 4: Assign each new leader to a ministry shadowing role, achieving 90% engagement in leadership responsibilities within six months of completion of training.
• Objective 5: Conduct annual leadership reviews to assess effectiveness, with 80% of new leaders demonstrating competency in ministry functions by the end of the year.
