Click on the track that relates to your planning needs for details. 
If none of these tracks quite matches your needs, we may be able to create a custom consulting process for you.
  • Includes in-depth assessment of facilities, ministries, staffing & finances
  • Identifies strengths and barriers to healthy growth in all four areas
  • Recommends action steps in all four areas--facilities, ministries, staffing, and finances
  • In-depth written report
  • Facility plan normally shows how to accommodate growth in phases to double present attendance with little or no debt
  • Includes everything in the Church Health Track plus facility planning
  • Our most popular consulting track
For churches that  do not need facility planning that want help with one or more of the following:

  • Improving the overall health and effectiveness of the church
  • Reversing decline 
  • Overcoming a "plateau"--a period of  no sustained growth
  • Developing a comprehensive staffing plan
  • Navigating the transition from small to medium-sized church or from medium-sized to large church
  • Developing a deeply shared vision for the church's future 
  • Includes in-depth assessment of ministries, staffing & finances
For churches where serious conflict is damaging  the church's health

  • All staff members, key leaders, and as many attenders as wish are interviewed confidentially by the consulting team (typically 40 to 50 people)
  • The team presents its findings to your leaders--presenting symptoms, root causes of the conflict, & recommended action
  • Includes leadership training in healthy conflict resolution
  • Includes a written report summarizing findings and recommendations
  • Includes coaching for your staff and Church Health Team (formed to facilitate healing)
For churches seeking coaching for their NCD process.

  • Natural Church Development (NCD) is the world's most widely used tool for assessing church health.
  • Certified NCD coaches
  • Various levels of coaching available from phone coaching only to a single site visit to a long-term coaching relationship.
  • Churches that employ an outside coach for their NCD progress enjoy 50% more effectiveness than those who do not.
For churches navigating a pastoral transition.

  • Assessment of  the church's strengths and areas needing growth using the NCD survey and LSA's self-study.
  • Guidance on what competencies to seek in a pastor based on the assessment and the composition of your current staff.
  • Areas the church needs to  strengthen before hiring a new pastor.  
  • Help in reaching consensus around transition decisions.
  • Guidance on whether to seek an intentional interim.
For multicultural churches, churches serving the urban poor, churches hosting or planting an ethnic-minority church, multi-site churches launching a campus to reach  a different culture.

  • Avoiding the trap of paternalism in cross cultural relationships
  • Strategies for growing indigenous leaders
  • Healthy urban suburban partnerships
  • Sharing meeting space--enjoying the advantages and avoiding the minefields
  • More-with-Less ministry, staffing, and facility strategies for low-income churches
For churches seeking restoration for a staff member who has experienced moral failure.  

  • Counseling for the person/family
  • Referral to resources to support the person and the church staff through the restoration process
  • When the failure is made public, referral to resources to support the church body through the process.