Part 4 of FLOWS: The Building Blocks of Healthy, Growing ChurchesThis podcast with Dr. Mike Oney explores how Outreaching connects your people to the needs of your community and world.This mini-series explores the importance of the church structures of fellowshipping, learning, outreaching, worshiping and serving.

Part 3 of FLOWS: The Building Blocks of Healthy, Growing ChurchesThis podcast with Dr. Mike Oney explores how Learning in small groups creates transformation in people's lives.This mini-series explores the importance of the church structures of fellowshipping, learning, outreaching, worshiping and serving.

Part 2 of FLOWS: The Building Blocks of Healthy, Growing ChurchesThis podcast with Dr. Mike Oney explores how to build Fellowship in your church.This mini-series explores the importance of the church structures of fellowshipping, learning, outreaching, worshiping and serving.

Today, Dr. Oney introduces the 6-part mini-series called FLOWS: The Building Blocks of Healthy, Growing Churches.Fellowshipping, Learning, Outreaching, Worshiping and Serving are the foundation of every healthy growing, church!

This unique episode is an excerpt from a presentation by Dr. Oney on research that he conducted on pastoral effectiveness. This study revealed:The essential competencies of an effective pastor.How and where they are best developed.

Learn to keep your expectations in line with the season of ministry God has you in.Winter: Preparing your heart to receive God's direction.Spring: Accepting God's vision for something new.Summer: Committing to the people, place, purposes and priorities God has given you.Fall: Rejoicing and protecting the harvest - Building structure.

Ten things you really want to know about people as you promote them from attenders to helpers to ministry partners!

Explore what has to happen in the heart of an individual to become a partner with you in ministry.

Learn how to discern where God is leading you to invest, and who to invest into.

Confidence to lead does not come from our education, affirmation from others, or our giftedness. True confidence is based in a revelation from God about our calling. We must experience a three-fold revelation of who we are to God, from God, and for God to others.