Church Ministry Evaluation

Name: Janet Quintana
CHMN 201 – Section (eg. B02, C01, D07) D01

Church Evaluation Form

Not every church will have every ministry. If they do not have a particular ministry, just indicate this in the space provided.

Church #1 Name: West Ridge Church

Church #1 Website: www.westridge.com

1. Ministry is…praying for others. a. Does the church have a prayer ministry? What does it look like? yes; The prayer portion of the website is more like a blog. This church has brought prayer into the next generation. On the prayer portion of the website it has previous prayer blogs as well.

2. Ministry is…following Jesus’ example by practicing spiritual mentoring and multiplying. a. Does the church have a strategy for evangelism? yes

b. Does the church have a strategy for discipleship? yes

c. Briefly describe what they look like. the strategy for evangelism includes local mission events, they support missions overseas, and it also has a church plant link. the strategy for discipleship includes multiple locations for services, worship times vary, and there are classes and events for every age.

3. Ministry is…leading small groups. a. Does the church have a small group ministry? What can learn about their small group ministry from their website? yes; you can discover where a small group may meet, or how to start one. On the website it has a section for frequently asked questions. the church believes that a small group is where community starts to develop.

4. Ministry is…biblically balanced preaching and teaching a. Does the website exhibit that the church has a strong Bible base? yes

b. Are verses used throughout the website to support ministries, doctrinal statements, etc.? yes

c. Does the church have an organized Christian Education program? If so, what does it look like? I could only find an education for the children.

5. Ministry is…cultivating a culture of godly accountability for yourself and for those you serve. a. Does the church have an organized accountability program? If so, what does it look like? no

6. What do you feel is the church’s priority? I believe the focus and priority of this church is the small groups, which help grow the church over all.
Church #2 Name: Pantego Bible Church

Church #2 Website: www.pantego.org

1. Ministry is…praying for others. a. Does the church have a prayer ministry? What does it look like? yes; there is a link that you would use to submit the prayer request to the team.

2. Ministry is…following Jesus’ example by practicing spiritual mentoring and multiplying. a. Does the church have a strategy for evangelism? yes

b. Does the church have a strategy for discipleship? yes

c. Briefly describe what they look like. the strategey for evangelism includes several mission efforts including africa and locally. the discipleship strategy includes ministries for even person of the church.

3. Ministry is…leading small groups. a. Does the church have a small group ministry? What can learn about their small group ministry from their website? yes; they include community groups, home groups, singles, men, care, compassion ministiries, and missions.

4. Ministry is…biblically balanced preaching and teaching a. Does the website exhibit that the church has a strong Bible base? yes

b. Are verses used throughout the website to support ministries, doctrinal statements, etc.? yes

c. Does the church have an organized Christian Education program? If so, what does it look like? yes and it can be found under minitry there are women's children youth ministries

5. Ministry is…cultivating a culture of godly accountability for yourself and for those you serve. a. Does the church have an organized accountability program? If so, what does it look like? no

6. What do you feel is the church’s priority? i think the priority of this church is the missions.

Church #3 Name: Grace Community Church

Church #3 Website: www.gracechurch.org

1. Ministry is…praying for others. a. Does the church have a prayer ministry? What does it look like? yes; this church has open prayer ministry on Monday mornings. I found a calendar that tells you of any changes to the times

2. Ministry is…following Jesus’ example by practicing spiritual mentoring and multiplying. a. Does the church have a strategy for evangelism? yes

b. Does the church have a strategy for discipleship? yes

c. Briefly describe what they look like. This church has a class called Grace evangelism to help teach you how effectively proclaim the gospel. also there are five different outreach programs available. outreach ministries, international outreach, short term ministries, and local outreach. for discipleship they have childrens ministry, 3 youth ministries xchange for grades 7-8, oneighty for grades 9-12, and crossroads for college and young adults.

3. Ministry is…leading small groups. a. Does the church have a small group ministry? What can learn about their small group ministry from their website? yes: the church calls them fellowship groups they are cornerstones for young marrieds and families, faithbuilders for all ages, gracelife for all ages, sojouners no noted age limit but this focuses on the OT, mainstream for all ages, joint hiers for all ages, spanish ministries for the spanish of the community, the guild for single adults, and doulos for young adults.

4. Ministry is…biblically balanced preaching and teaching a. Does the website exhibit that the church has a strong Bible base? yes

b. Are verses used throughout the website to support ministries, doctrinal statements, etc.? yes

c. Does the church have an organized Christian Education program? If so, what does it look like? yes; there are discipleship classes for all who attend.

5. Ministry is…cultivating a culture of godly accountability for yourself and for those you serve. a. Does the church have an organized accountability program? If so, what does it look like? yes in the different ministiries they hold each person accountable

6. What do you feel is the church’s priority? the priorities of this church is equipping the people to do the work that they have been called to do through the small groups.
Complete the following within 2-3 pages.
Summary of findings: Each of the churches has a different way to run the prayer ministry. At West Ridge the ministry is set up like a web blog. And within the blog you can look back at previous prayer blogs as they call it. By the church doing this action it show people that this is a church that is moving into the next generation of technology. At Pantego Bible church they too have their prayer requests online, but their link is not quit as up to date as West ridge. This is a good idea as well because it opens them up to be able to add the blog option later if the Lord leads the church that way. Grace Community church has an open prayer ministry on Monday’s. I found a link that would provide a calendar of when they were open for prayer. At West Ridge church I found strategies for both evangelism and discipleship. The evangelism strategy included local missions, overseas missions, and there is also a link to start a church plant. The discipleship opportunities include multiple locations for services, worship times vary, and classes and events for every age group. At Pantego Bible church they too have a strategy for both evangelism and discipleship. The website included several local mission opportunities, and missions to Africa. This church holds classes for every person of every age. Grace Community was a little more detailed in what they provided. As far as evangelism they have a class called Grace Evangelism which helps teach how to present the gospel. The website also listed the following outreach programs outreach ministries, international outreach, short term ministries, and local outreach. The discipleship strategy is for everyone, but the youth one caught my eye. They have a children’s ministry, 3 different youth ministries; xchange for grades 7-8, oneighty for 9-12, and crossroads for college and young adults. All three churches had a small group ministry, but they were differently set up. West Ridge church had a registration form, a link for a person to use to find a group near them, and also a link to tell you how to start a small group. The church provided a frequently asked question section. This church believes that small groups are where community starts to develop. Pantego Bible church also has small groups, which includes community groups, home groups, singles, men, care, compassion ministries, and missions. Grace Community church also has small groups, but the church calls them fellowship groups. They include cornerstones for the young married and families, faith builders for all ages, Grace Life for all ages, sojourners no noted age limit, but this group focuses on the Old Testament, mainstream for all ages, joint heirs for all ages, Spanish ministries for the Spanish in the community, the guild for single adults, and doulos for young adults. West Ridge Church was found to exhibit a strong Bible basis. They provided scriptures throughout the mission statement of the church. When I was looking for Christian Education program I could only find details on the children at West Ridge. Also with West Ridge I could not find an accountability program. I believe that the priority focus of the West Ridge church is on the small groups, which help the church grow. At Pantego Bible church the Bible was also exhibited throughout the mission statement, and this church does seem to be a church with a strong Bible basis. This church had an education program that was located under ministry. Some of the classes presented included women’s, children, and youth ministries. However, I did not find a link on accountability programs. The priority of this church is more focused on missions instead of small groups. Grace Community church seems to have a strong Bible Base. I did find scripture throughout the mission statement of the church, and this church does have discipleship classes listed for all ages in the church. I did not find any particular link to an accountability program, but in the description of the small groups accountability is the main focus. The priorities of this church is to equip the people to do the work that they have been called to do through the small groups.

Describe what you have learned from these church websites and your readings that will help you in ministry now and in the future: Some of the things that I have learned from these websites include not every church focuses on the same thing to get the word of God into the world. Some focus on equipping, some focus on going, and some focus on both. By evaluating the websites has shown me that ministry is not about what I can do it is about what does God want me to do with this ministry or that ministry? By doing this evaluation I also learned that it is not a bad thing to step back and be taught once in awhile. If we get too wrapped up in any ministry that God has placed us in and do not get feed then our ministry can become useless. I never want to be like that again. For the future ministry that I know God is preparing me for I will make sure that God stays at the front of it and I will find someone that I can confined in so if it starts to become hard I have someone to say stop for a minute and breathe, reevaluate, where did you get off track, and do not do that again. I believe good support of godly people is the key to spiritual growth in every aspect of our lives.