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Choose Your Route: Life Cycle and Stages The Ten Stages: Adulthood For a graphical view of the ten stages, see my chart, The Life Cycle and Stages of Congregational Development).
Around 18 to 22 years after the public launching of the congregation, it reaches Adulthood when all four organizing principles—Vision, Relationships, Programs, and Management—are all fully developed. The congregation is ready to soar as a fully development spiritual community with great resources and the proper balance or alignment of these resources. Often, however, congregations do no soar because of one or both of the following reasons: First, their fantasy of what it would feel and look like when they arrived at Adulthood, does not match what they see. So, they are waiting for something else to happen. Second, they may feel that what they have done is enough, and they may relax and begin to become complacent about their spiritual and strategic journey. The Adulthood stage is discussed further in my article, The Adulthood of a Congregation. Does this description fit your congregation? If you think the answer is "yes," click the Next button underneath It fits. If you're not sure, or you think the answer is probably "no," click the Next button underneath Look further or select another life cycle stage.
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