Terry Drost
- Peckville Assembly of God
- Grew up in church, pastor's son, fell away from 15-mid20s, worked as commercial printer.
- Thought he was going to work with music.
- Didn't want to work with teenagers until Jan 1996 when he went on first winter retreat with you, began working in youth min with wife.
- "If you're willing to do what none else wants to God will honor that."
- Church grew because of passion.
- There are 3 sides:
- Spiritual side
- Practical side
- Attitudinal side
- Qualities of exceptional church staff:
- Hard work
- Passion
- Produce much fruit
- How Terry hires staff:
- Leading at a Higher Level - Blanchard
- 4 types of leaders for hiring:
- LEVEL 1 (look for these people)
- HCV - high commitment to the vision
- HCV - high capacity volunteer
- LEVEL 2
- HCV - high committed to vision
- LCV - low capacity volunteer (trained, transferred)
- LEVEL 3 (these are not committed to lead pastor at all)
- LCV - low commitment to vision
- HCV - high capacity volunteer
- LEVEL 4 (lowest level…)
- LCV - low commitment to vision
- LCV - low capacity volunteer
- After choosing the Level 1, work them in slowly…(purpose is to evaluate them slowly and allow them to gain trust and responsibilities)
- Example:
- $50 a week
- 6 weeks later, $75/week
- 6 weeks later, part-time staff
- 90 days later, full-time staff
- Outreach
- Works with nelson seracy's outreach network..systematic approach to ministry
- Things he's learned from network:
- Assimilation system
- Moving a person from a first time guest to a fully-developed follower of christ
- What does that look like?
- We have to be hospitable in getting people into the church. they have to be:
- Greeted
- Treated
- Directed
- Seated
- They do a survey for first time guests, link to website
- First time guests fill out connection cards…connection teams come in Monday morning to pray over cards and connect with those who came…"treat those cards like treasure because each one represents a life who was prompted by the holy spirit to come to church."
- Attractional = come see
- Missional = go, tell
- His church works at gas stations, gives people a discount on gas, washes their windows…crowds come for the low gas prices
- "Easter egg flyover"…hired a helicopter to drop 14,000 eggs from the sky…drew crowds of 3,000 people…at the end he handed out tickets to their easter outreach "heaven's gates, hell's flames"…500 came, 100 responded to Christ that night
- Capitalize on "big days" of the year for outreach…easter, christmas, 4th of july,
- July 4th car show, fireworks, carnival, picnics, budget: $10,000
- Christian Motorcycle Association
- Partners with food pantry
- Evangelism is an investment, not an expense.
- "We should do whatever it takes to reach people with God."
- Launching series on easter/christmas are the best times to do so.
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