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Routings for the Journey: What is the equipping order for an incremental route? The equipping order for an Incremental Route: Present Planning The congregation should first develop a short-term 12-18 month strategy for initial changes and transitions it needs to make. Second, the congregation should faithfully, and with as much innovation in methodology as possible, implement their short-term plan to build on any areas of strength. Third, the congregation should regularly evaluate its short-term efforts to guarantee that they are indeed embracing greater efficiency and effectiveness in serving their context or the target group of people they are seeking to reach. Fourth, while the short-term plans are being implemented, the congregations should seek to engage in readiness activities that deal with the issues of passionate readiness, spiritual readiness, leadership readiness, and strategic readiness. Fifth, the congregation seek to discover the areas where they appear to need greater wisdom or learnings, and then seek avenues to building the capacities they need to take the next steps in the change and transition journey. Sixth, about a year into implementing the short-term plans the congregation should honestly assess the strengths and potential of the congregation within its context using the Congregational Issues for a Spiritual Strategic Journey Initial Assessment. Seventh, when ready the congregation should write its future story of what it will be like ten years from how if it is successful in its spiritual strategic journey. The strategy of the congregation then becomes one of seeking to live into its future story.
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