For churches
Every church is a different institution. Nine pathways honour that.
A church planter drafting a launch document, and a multi-site senior pastor writing a succession plan, are doing radically different work. MBS teaches the same executive disciplines — and then names the application for the church you are actually leading.
Aspiring church planters
You are called, prayed over, and preparing to launch. You need the operating skeleton before you have keys.
Planter pathway →Newly established churches
Under three years old. You are surviving the launch and need to build the institution that outlasts your energy.
Newly established pathway →Small or under-resourced churches
Small congregation, thin volunteer bench, bivocational pastor. The bias is toward simple systems that scale down without embarrassment.
Small church pathway →Stalled churches
Attendance and giving flat for years. The instinct is to preach harder; the discipline is to name what has ossified — and rebuild it.
Stalled church pathway →Growing churches
Growth is beautiful and dangerous. Systems that worked at 80 quietly break at 250. The pathway makes the transition legible.
Growing church pathway →Multi-service churches
Two, three, or four Sundays in one week. The teams, the run-sheet, and the finances all have to hold across services.
Multi-service pathway →Multi-location churches
Central operations, campus autonomy, one brand, one gospel. What the central team owns, and what each campus is entrusted with.
Multi-location pathway →Online & streaming ministries
Reach through the screen is a real ministry — and a real institution. Membership, giving, safeguarding, and pastoral care at distance.
Online pathway →Village, local & city churches
Rural, suburban, and urban ministries face different constraints. The pathway names the contextual pressure and the fitting response.
Context pathway →Not sure where you fit?
Take the free 12-minute Ministry Growth Assessment. It scores six dimensions of church health and suggests the pathway most likely to move your church in the next 90 days.
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