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Redevelopment Journey: Reinvention

This strategy is most relevant for a congregation in the Old Age stage of the life cycle, and involves a Systemic Route.

Length of the redevelopment journey is 18 to 36 months.

Congregational life cycle-related tactical steps for the Reinvention Strategy include the following:

• Diminish the controlling aspects of management systems within the congregation.
  
  
• Develop a new congregational ministry plan.
  
  
• Cast new vision.
  
  
• Engage in a rate or pace of change and transition that is at least discontinuous with the past, and perhaps radical if the congregation has been in Old Age for at least seven to nine years.
  
  
• Move forward to a new Infancy or Childhood.
  
  
• Reengineer the management systems in alignment with the new vision, and with planned obsolescence to keep it from becoming institutionalized.

The Reinvention strategy is discussed further in my article, Reinventing the Life of an Old Age Congregation.

If, at this point, you have completed your Route and reviewed your strategy for Coaching, consider Choices next.

Systemic Route:	Choices: