Strategic Objective 1 – Sunday services to be the hub of Christian activity for the Waiuku Christian Fellowship

Our Fellowship will achieve this by:

• Providing God inspired preaching on a regular basis
• Providing opportunity for heart felt worship on a regular basis
• Providing Bible based teaching in the elements of the faith
• Being receptive to moves of the Holy Spirit.
• Offering variety in format to maintain freshness and appeal
• Providing regular non threatening encouragement to the fellowship members
• Providing clear and timely communications to the fellowship members on activities
• Providing opportunity for social interaction between the fellowship members and any visitors.
• Providing regular evangelistic meetings
• Holding a pre-service prayer meeting before the Sunday morning service

Short term goals to move the Fellowship further towards achieving this objective

• Deliver a bible-based sermon either morning or night five out of six Sundays.
• Encourage suitable well qualified visiting speakers to preach occasionally
• Develop a broad-based music team and strategies for their deployment.
• Review service format regularly and make small changes as appropriate to meet objectives.
• Encourage the development of spiritual gifts in members by offering them opportunities and responsibilities appropriate to their Christian maturity.
• Maintain a regular time slot for communications and regularly carry out effectiveness reviews.
• Scheduled and hold three evangelism meeting each year
• Maintain and encourage participation in the pre-service prayer meeting.

Strategic Objective 2 – To develop the fellowship members personally and move them into God’s perfect plan for their lives.

Our Fellowship will achieve this by:

• Increasing members levels of knowledge of God and his perfect will
• Preparing the members to allow God to impact on their lives.
• Helping individuals to discover their spiritual gifts
• Empowering individuals to move into their personal calling
• Encouraging individuals to set goals and to actively move towards them
• Prepare individuals to take on roles of responsibility

Short term goals to move the Fellowship further towards achieving this objective

• Provide regular bible teaching through sermons and study opportunities
• Deliver some sermons on God’s plan and our actions that lead to our lives being blessed and richly fulfilling.
• Run a seminar or series on discovering personal spiritual gifts
• Develop programmes to enable and encourage individuals to take up their calling.
• Provide discipleship training opportunities
• Challenge individuals to seek and set goals for their own development.

Strategic Objective 3 – To become the bearers of God’s message of hope, peace and a good outcome to the fellowship members and the local community

Our Fellowship will achieve this by:

• Communicating God’s message to the unsaved
• Providing help to those in need
• Providing leadership in the community
• Providing opportunity for non threatening interaction with Christians
• Providing safe and supportive social opportunities for the fellowship and the wider community
• Displaying unity of purpose with other churches in Waiuku and beyond

Short term goals to move the Fellowship further towards achieving this objective

• Develop and approve a working brief for cell groups ministries
• Develop and approve a working brief for young adult ministries
• Develop and approve a working brief for children’s ministries
• Develop and approve a working brief for youth ministries
• Develop and approve a working brief for organised local outreach.
• Develop and approve a working brief of initiatives involving other churches

Strategic Objective 4 – To develop church facilities and resources that support the activities of the fellowship

Our Fellowship will achieve this by:

• Developing a or maintaining a dedicated church complex
• Providing good musical instruments and equipment
• Providing appropriate technological equipment and processes

Short term goals to move the Fellowship further towards achieving this objective

• Develop and approve a working brief for the new building investigation team
• Develop and approve a working brief for the music team resources development
• Develop a technical support network

Strategic Objective 5 – To be a source of hope to overseas missions

Our Fellowship will achieve this by:

• Communicating the vision of/for various missions to the fellowship and wider stakeholders.
• Supplying financial resources to mission works.
• Visiting overseas mission works to understand their needs.
• Preparing and sending teams to overseas mission centres to give support.
• Developing the missions support mentality in individual fellowship members

Short term goals to move the Fellowship further towards achieving this objective

• Develop and approve a working brief for the missions coordination team
• Develop and approve a strategy for the preparation of a short term missions team
• Investigate overseas mission opportunities

Strategic Objective 6 – To develop the fellowship socially into an extended family

Our Fellowship will achieve this by:

• Providing social opportunities for the membership and community
• Encouraging social tolerance and compassion in the membership
• Appreciating and acknowledging diversity in individuals and culture
• Encouraging social responsibility in membership

Short term goals to move the Fellowship further towards achieving this objective

• Preparing an agenda based on one or a number of objectives for each organised activity.
• Develop Fellowship calendar identifying planned activities.
• Develop a plan to run a number of social activities for members and as an outreach to the community.
• Develop strategies for celebration diversity and culture.

Strategic Objective 7 – To be good stewards, managing God’s blessings well.

Our Fellowship will achieve this through the Pastor, leaders, and management team:

• Providing positive leadership to the fellowship
• Maintaining a spiritual oversight for the Pastor from inside and outside the Fellowship
• Maintain sound governance documentation
• Maintaining fiscal accountability
• Efficiently using the blessing of people’s time
• Giving ample opportunity for members to contribute their time and resources to church activities

Short term goals to move the Fellowship further towards achieving this objective

• Review current communications methods
• Develop procedures for the oversight and identify a suitable mentoring structure.
• Improve management meeting processes
• Establish a management documentation manual
• Develop and approve procedures for appointment of leadership.