Regaining regional influence through the creation and communication of a strategic and long range plan for a plateaued county seat First Baptist Church

Timothy E Watson

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Regaining regional influence through the creation and communication of a strategic and long range plan for a plateaued county seat First Baptist Church

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Timothy E Watson. Regaining Regional Influence Through the Creation and Communication of a Strategic and Long Range Plan for a Plateaued County Seat First Baptist Church. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7af1ca2b-2b86-4325-9ef1-03623987df0d.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

T. E. Watson. Regaining regional influence through the creation and communication of a strategic and long range plan for a plateaued county seat First Baptist Church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7af1ca2b-2b86-4325-9ef1-03623987df0d

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Timothy E Watson. Regaining Regional Influence Through the Creation and Communication of a Strategic and Long Range Plan for a Plateaued County Seat First Baptist Church. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/7af1ca2b-2b86-4325-9ef1-03623987df0d.

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Timothy E Watson

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The author did an indepth analysis of First Baptist churches that were plateaued, including his own plateaued church, First Baptist Church of Longview, Texas. He developed a strategy to aid the church in getting out of the plateau and to regain regional influence. The author concluded that plateaued churches can once again grow if the correct strategy is implemented. The purposes of the project were to generate a new sense of direction and vision for specific areas within the church body that would aid it in regaining regional influence and to develop a tool to aid other churches in accomplishing the same goal. A Creative Leadership Team (CLT), a nine-person visionary team consisting of a cross-section of individuals voted on by the church, prayerfully discovered the mission and vision of First Baptist Church-Longview during the strategic planning process. It made recommendations to the church for becoming a regionally influential congregation again. The CLT facilitated this process by: (1) gaining a better understanding of the history of First Baptist Church-Longview; (2) evaluating the current ministries of the church; (3) viewing current demographics of Longview and Gregg County; (4) developing strategies on how to regain regional influence.

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