Lynn Lane Baptist Church
Tulsa, OK
Mission Plan 2009-2014
Introduction
This mission plan is our best understanding to date of where God is leading us. This process included a survey of church health in the Fall of 2007 to indicate our strengths and challenges followed by a series of meetings to focus first on personal renewal and then on corporate revitalization. Participants from the church family looked to our past, examined our present, and sought to discern God’s leading for our future to produce this document. The ReFocusing Team, April 2009
Biblical Purpose Statement (as adopted by church January 2009)
Lynn Lane Baptist Church is a community of believers that exists to receive and reflect the glory of God as disciple making followers of Jesus Christ.
The Biblical Purpose Statement is who we are in Christ and will serve as a guide for what we do as a church. It will become one of the ways that we measure our ministries.
Summary of Discovers from the Journey Wall
Chapters and Titles
1914 and prior – Sharing with the community/everyone wins
1915-69 – Foundation building
1969-80 – Maintenance; Pruning to keep the church alive and healthy
1980-99 - God is still in control (despite us)
2000-08 – Be patient and wait on God
Key Lessons:
· Strong leadership without the willingness of the people to be led by God’s inspiration is fruitless
· We must deal with conflict to be a healthy church
· Resolving conflict draws one closer to Christ
· We have a purpose individually and as a church
· If we focus on 1 person as leader we fail, we must all be leaders for God
· Activity does not equal unity
· It’s all about Him, not us.
Actual Values
Conflict Avoidance
Pride/Focus on Self
Giving
Complacency
Control
Faithless
The value we would most like to be change:
From: “I” centered, pride and selfish To: Total dependence on God daily
Community Report Summary
The key learnings about the unchurched, our mission field, within 5 miles of LLBC:
· Middle/low income, white (60%), working class families
· 40% are aged 25-40
· 10,000+ children 8th grade or younger
· Median income of $48k
· Politically moderate to conservative
· 50% in some way affiliated with a church
Strategic Values – what we must value to reach our community
Being Spirit Driven
Being Servant Hearted
Being Flexible
Being Sold Out to Jesus and Loving It
Mission Focus Groups
The people listed in the following groups are representative of those attending LLBC and living in our community.
Mission Focus Group #1
· White
· Middle class families
· Age 35-50
Mission Focus Group #2
· Age 25 and under
· Youth without parents in the church
· Single parents
· Married adults with only one spouse attending
Mission Focus Group #3
· Very rich
· Very poor
· Ethnic groups
· People on the fringe (drug, alcohol, and gay cultures)
Vision Statement
Minister God’s love to people on different journeys so that the power of God is evident through a change in the very fabric of our community. This will result in:
· Families growing in Christ and actively serving the Lord
· Children in our community are excited about serving Jesus
· Single parent families finding help
· Hurting people finding peace
· Addiction cultures confronted
Strategic Initiatives
Strategic Initiative #1 - Minister God’s Love to Sandburg Elementary/community
Team Leader:
Goals:
· Open hearts of children to a relationship with Christ
· In turn—to reach parents
· Administrators feel comfortable to call with specific needs
· Be a Christ-like example
Action Plans:
· Lunch buddies, Mentors, reading, presence in school
· Open church to presentations, skits, etc.
· Clothing, school supplies,
· Update playground facilities and equipment
Strategic Initiative #2 - Make our Facilities and Property Community Friendly
Team Leader:
Goals:
· Playground/picnic tables – Wi-Fi
· Prayer gazebo/prayer box/prayer calls
· Walking trail with verses
· Soccer goals, softball/baseball backstop, volleyball
· 2 story activity center
Action Plans:
· Research insurance cost, materials, etc.
· Boost Wi-Fi antenna
· Design trail, soccer fields, clear land
· Raise funds for activity center, design build
· Maintain
Strategic Initiative #3 - Adopt a Neighborhood and Meet Real Needs
Team Leader:
Goals:
· Develop relationships
· Meet needs
· Change fabric of neighborhood
· Salvation and discipleship
Action Plans:
· Personal contact events such as “chili cook-off”, etc.
· Survey (junk to haul off, repairs, etc.)
· Create safety and trust/counseling/small groups
· Neighborhood watch and involvement
· Sharing life testimonies about Jesus
Strategic Initiative #4 - Create a High Impact Off-Campus Student Ministry
Team Leader:
Goals:
· Develop Relationships
· Set the Example
· Relationship with Christ
· Discipleship
· They become missionaries
Action Plans:
· Safety & Food, Fun
· Don’t compromise to be relevant
· Show them & let them experience
· Intentional interaction with church members
· Training
People Flow
comment posted by Michael Elam on 09-27-2009
the plan sounds like a great one seek the lord in his leading
