From a Maintenance to a Missional Parish - Reading Guide

1. What feelings or emotions did you have while reading this chapter?
2. What kind of leader are you? What kind of leader do you aspire to be? How do you wish to form leaders at your parish?
3. Are you comfortable working out of a team that shares responsibility and affects the vision for your church?
4. What values would you like your community to be visibly living out in five years? How can you make disciples, build communities, and inspire witness?
5. For the vision to be sustainable, there must be a strong team to support its implementation and continuation. How do you develop and support your team members?
6. What challenges do you foresee in moving towards renewal? How can you and your parish overcome these challenges?
7. How will you bring the mission of renewal to your own life? To your family and friends? To your parish community?
8. How can you be involved in encouraging people to become disciples?
9. What are some of the key insights or observations you have had from reading this book?