Life Cycle Evaluation
1. The fuel that drives Linwood is a dominant vision from the FOUNDING pastor that is shared by most at Linwood. *
2. People regularly show up for times of corporate prayer for Linwood. *
3. The congregation is in its prime, successful with a clear vision and positive future. *
4. There is not a specific vision driving Linwood. *
5. The quality of ministry has dropped and programs are in decline. *
6. People have begun to drop out of ministry positions. *
7. The congregation is now at a level where it is using savings or other outside support to keep paying the bills. *
8. Linwood is filled with enthusiasm and is passionately living out the core values and mission established by the FOUNDING pastor. *
9. Linwood has a well developed outreach plan and is practicing intentional assimilation strategies. *
10. Linwood feels it is in the prime of its existence and has the resources to accomplish much. *
11. The congregation is passive and there is a sense of apathy among the lay people. *
12. We are in a time of nostalgia and the best days are those behind us. *
13. Ministry positions in the church often are not filled. *
14. We receive outside support or use our savings to maintain the ministry. *
15. The church has established healthy patterns of worship, outreach and discipleship. *
16. There is intentional fellowship, care ministry AND leadership development being practice throughout Linwood. *
17. People are connected and involved. Discipleship and spiritual growth are taking place. *
18. The focus of the church is how to sustain what we have. *
19. We seem to look for something or someone to blame for the current condition. *
20. Worship life is full of precious memories, homecomings and anniversaries. *
21. There is little or no structure in place to support the ongoing ministry. *
22. People understand and live out the core values of the church. *
23. Worship services are considered excellent. *
24. There are few new initiatives that involve risk. *
25. Finances are down. *
26. Congregation is afraid to take risks that might diminish the few resources it has left. *
27. There is low morale among the congregation. *
28. The church has a clearly defined worship style that is an inspirational high point of the week for most. *
29. When we look to the future it is bright and filled with hope. *
30. There is a sense that what we are doing is working. *
31. There is a strong desire for something new. *
32. We seem to have a lot of funerals and a number of people are home-bound or in nursing homes. *
33. There is little hope for a new future. *
34. People know their spiritual gifts and are serving according to those gifts. *
35. The topic of conversations around the church includes what we need to do to keep the doors open. *
36. Things are going well and we do not need to change. *
37. We no longer are inviting our friends to come to the church. *
38. Linwood is best described as a preaching station or chaplaincy ministry. *
39. There are many new Christians, but no formal discipleship plan in place. *
40. Finances are at an all time high. *
41. The fastest growing demographic group in the church is senior adults. *
42. The overall congregation is beginning to age. *
43. The number of children and youth under 18 is in plateau or in decline. *
44. The way things used to be is the prevalent talk. *
45. Attendance is as large as it has ever been. *
46. Programs and ministries are working at their best quality ever. *
47. Dysfunction has started to creep in. *
48. Linwood is well know by those in the community. *
49. Selected groups/portion of congregation's morale is declining. *
50. Formal management systems of the church are working well. *
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