INTERMEDIATE & LARGE CHURCH STRATEGY

MULTIPLYNAZ is just one of a number of tools used on the USA/Canada Region. The following is our strategy for assisting and resourcing Intermediate and Large Churches who are committed to fueling the movement of healthy, multiplying churches:

1. Identify churches by size. We have 440 churches, (200+) on the USA/Canada Region. We aim to organize churches by size because many Intermediate and Large churches are unaware of this important group of churches they are part of.

2. Acquaint everyone with these churches. We believe it is helpful for all of our leaders to become acquainted with our Intermediate and Large Church leaders and where they are located. Organizing churches by similar size allows new leaders to learn, research websites, glean from what others are doing, etc.

3. Communicate two-way. We want to connect with and learn from every Nazarene church (200+) as we seek to renew “movement thinking” throughout the church. We always want our communication two-way; we seek on-going feedback from every participating church to make our better.

4. Partner to build a better leadership “pipeline.” One of the primary responsibilities every Nazarene leader has is to raise up and develop new leaders. We believe we can do a MUCH better job of developing our new leader “pipeline” if we network across district lines and build partnerships with multiple Intermediate and Large Churches on multiple districts. We seek to build our pipeline operating “interdependently” with each other.

5. Cultivate a contagious church culture. We believe church culture is more important than church attendance. Churches that are 250 in size can be healthier than churches that are 1,250 in size. We seek to cultivate relationships with Partner Churches who have developed a contagious church culture and encourage them to use their influence to help other churches break out of the status quo.

6. Network residency churches. By living out the principles above, we aim to establish a regional network of residency churches, specifically designed to deliver competency-based training that delivers the course of study for ordination within a contagious church culture environment.

We believe following the strategy above will aid the church greatly in raising up the next generation of movement leaders to lead healthy, multiplying churches on every district.