Reaching the Summit not only strengthens and redirects your church it increases spiritual growth in members along the way. Today’s post contains comments from Pastors and church members who have recently completed the Reaching the Summit process.
“This also has been a most enlightening time of ministry for me as I have seen each individual’s passion for Christ grow tremendously as well as their passion for the church to go from a good church to a great church. I am prayerfully looking forward to tracing God’s hand from this point forward as we begin to truly climb the summit for the glory of Christ.” Pastor Bill
“(Due to surgery) I had time to read, time to study, time to pray. All of which were important to me before, but now have become a vital part of each day. The process is painful. At times almost unbearable…The honest viewing, assessing, and discussion cut to the heart. God though, was and is always faithful. Through the chapters He has revealed His good plans for us. I was amazed how He took 7 people, brought us together, guided us in His direction, and we found ourselves all on the same page, striving for the same goal – His purpose being completed in our church and other’s lives. “ Melanie
“I think the understanding of what our biggest problems were has allowed us to address them individually and get us back on track. Also, this process has allowed us as a church to discover ourselves and what our best qualities are…But the biggest thing I feel this process has done for our church is equipped us with the right people for all tasks and given them all servant’s hearts.” Adam
“This process has helped me realize my pastor needs to be supported more. It has shown me that without the member’s support the vision will be harder to fulfill. Our church body has realized the Pastor has a vision and it will move forward…” Trenell
“I am so excited to see that our church is changing spiritually. I see a new, calm spirit in our church. We are growing as a spiritual unit. During the process we have baptized several new members, our Sunday School attendance has increased, we had an excellent Vacation Bible School, we now have a youth choir and a Friday night ministry, new leaders have come on board and they are eager and excited about ‘reaching souls for Christ.’” Aquilla
“While attending Reaching the Summit I was able to gain insight on how established churches have been successful. There are many things to take from this journey that will help me streamline the process for continued growth in Grace Missionary Church. Having the ability to open our minds to growth while hurdling over any obstacle constructively gives a direct path for success.” RJ
“Our church is at a point of spiritual unity that we have not been at for several years. We had naturally drifted away from evangelism and the Reaching the Summit activities allowed us to pull people back in.” Tim
“My first thoughts of the Reaching the Summit process is that it was long, slow, and did not move quickly enough. This was due to my professional training…But as I read back over my notes I found that they were jam-packed full of important information that will help as we move forward with this process. This process has made me more aware of being patient and waiting on God and His timing.” Terri.
“Reaching the Summit is a great tool for ministry. It gave our church an open and honest assessment of who we are and how we arrived where we are today. Personally it has given me the assurance to stay true to God and He will lead me.” Robin
“Reaching the Summit has been a real blessing to me. For me personally it has given me a lot of confidence that I didn’t have, from one of the first exercises where we had to write devotions. A little selfishly I feel like it’s done a lot for me.” Jodi
“Reaching the Summit began somewhat rocky for our church…But from that point God took over. I knew Satan fought it so much in the beginning that God was going to do something. I’ve seen God take a church that was in serious decline…Our chairman of Deacons recently said, ‘our people now have hope.’ Some of our (Reaching the Summit team) meetings have been revival meetings. If you’re a pastor who’s looking for something to help you turn the decline around in your church, God is using Reaching the Summit.” Pastor Ken
For more information on Reaching the Summit and how it can help your church or ministry organization contact George Yates and visit SonC.A.R.E. Ministries on the internet. Visit the website for more interviews (written and video)and watch for more on this blog site.