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University SDA Church 2012 – 2016 Strategic Plan

University SDA Church

2012 – 2016 Strategic Areas, Objectives & Strategies

STRATEGIC AREA OBJECTIVES PERFORMANCE

TARGETS AND GOALS

RESPONSIBLE

DEPARTMENT

STRATEGIES

1. STEWARDSHIP

(SID – “Hezekiah Operation:

A challenge to all our

institutions

to become self-supporting

through vibrant stewardship

programs…” 2 Chronicles

31:9-12)

Promote faithfulness

in all the four areas of

Stewardship, placing

strong emphasis upon

the following three

essentials:

1. “Each member must

make an effort to

bring the Lord’s

resources into the

Church’s treasury

through strong

stewardship”

2. “Taking special care

to

protect the Lord’s

resources through

vigorous internal

control systems and

regular auditing”

3. “Ensuring that the

Lord’s resources are

well managed through

good governance at

each level of Church

1. Tithe Income growth of

20% Year on Year on

membership.

2. Increase in systematic

giving of 30% year on

year.

3. All treasury officers are

adequately trained before

taking office and that they

approach their work

professionally

4. Nominating committee to

ensure that Church

Treasurer/Auditor is a

qualified Accountant

5. Employ 2 fulltime

administrative/ accounting

staff compliment by end

of 2012

6. Properly drawn financial

Statements are produced

every month

7. Church property to be

insured at all times

8. The Church is audited

1. Stewardship

2. Stewardship

3. Admin/Treasu

ry

4. Stewardship

5. Stewardship

6. Treasury

7. Stewardship

8. Audit

1. Educate members on

tithes and offerings

through Bible studies and

home visitations

2. Promote the study of the

following SOP books:

a. Counsels on

Stewardship;

b. Systematic

Benevolence;

c. Go Forward

3. Formulate internal

controls and accounting

manual

4. Maintain accurate and

regularly audited

accounting information

by installation and

implementation of a

computerized accounting

system

5. Church assets register to

be maintained

6. Church Clerk Dept to

maintain accurate and


administration every quarter with

unqualified audit opinion

9. Conduct membership roll

call in the last Sabbath of

the 1st and 3

rd quarter in

each year in order to take

stock

10. Involve Church members

in the affairs of the

Church based on their

talents, skill and

faithfulness in other

stewardship areas through

annual Church Officers’

elections and other non-

office bearing avenues

9. Clerks

10. Stewardship

regularly audited

membership list.

7. Encourage and help

members to discover and

use their spiritual gifts

8. Conduct annual surveys

of members’ talents and

review/update the same

on quarterly basis

9. Educate and encourage

the Church to elect those

members who are

faithful in stewardship to

leadership positions,

irrespective of the level

within the organization

2. UNITY / IN-REACH/

NURTURE

Promote fellowship,

unity and freedom to

worship in the Church

1. Each Church member to

visit a minimum of 5 other

Church members every

quarter – Personal

Ministries to ensure

implementation


have a prayer partner in

the Church.

3. All residential fellowship

bands to be fully

operational by end of 2012

and the Pastor and Elders

should visit prayer bands

for encouragement

1. Personal

Ministries

2. Prayer Band

3. Prayer Band

4. Religious

1. Pastor and Elders to

promote concept of

under shepherd

a. “Each member is

a minister”

2. Promote unity through

residential fellowship

bands by structuring the

bands into

subcommittees to handle

certain aspects of

member concerns

3. One Sabbath in a quarter

to be dedicated to




be fully sensitized about

their rights with regard to

freedom to exercise

religious persuasion.


be fully sensitized about

the need to prepare a will

and to plan to bequeath

part or whole of their

estate to the Church.

(Responsible dept. :Trust

Services)

6. Establish Guardianship

model for all newly

baptized members as a

way to ensure retention

and spiritual growth.

7. To revive family alters in

every home by 2013

Liberty

5. Trust Services

6. Personal

Ministries

7. Family Life

bands meetings during

Departmental meeting

time in the afternoon

4. Promote social and

spiritual retreats at both


bands and Church levels

5. Identify the needy in the

Church through Deacons

Board and meet their

needs from a Needy

Fund built into the

Annual Budget

6. Elders and Family Life

Dept to promote mentor

relationships and

guardianship for

students, youths and

newly baptized members

7. Develop Pre and Post

baptism

Instructional Programs

that become a

requirement for all those

who join the Church,

focusing on Bible

doctrines,

practical Christian living

and how to witness

8. Develop new member

retention plans and

programs


9. Develop conflict

resolution and

reconciliation plans and

processes

10. Develop and conduct

annual reclamation

program to win back

former Adventists and

Non-attending Member

11. Identify needs relating to

exercise of freedom to

worship and meet needs

through visitations at

work place, study place,

etc

12. Religious Liberty Dept,

in conjunction with

Elders, to conduct Bible

studies and seminars on

religious liberty issues on

a regular basis

13. Trust Services Dept to

promote and train

members in preparation

of wills through Bible

studies and seminars

3. SPIRITUAL

AWAKENING &

GROWTH

(SID – “Epaphras Ministry:

Each member to enjoy

personal spiritual

revival

1. Bible study attendance on

Sabbath to increase as

follows:

a) 2013: 75% of morning

worshippers

1. Personal

Ministries

1. Elders to spearhead spiritually

enriching Bible studies at least

once per month, with adequate

publicity of topics and timing;

topics may include, but not


A call to a dynamic personal

and

Corporate intercessory

prayer, fasting, Bible study

and intentional spiritual

growth…”

Colossians 4:12)

b) 2014: 80% of morning

worshippers

c) 2015: 90% of morning

worshippers

d) 2016: 95% of morning

worshippers – The

Deacons Dept & Personal

Ministries to Coordinate.

2.Hold quarterly prayer and fast

services for intercessory prayers

and

other specific needs of the

Church.

3.Church members to

systematically study SOP

Conflict Series through

residential fellowship bands,

with

quarterly reviews at Church as

follows:

a) 2012: The Great

Controversy

b) 2013: The Acts of the

Apostles and Steps to

Christ;

c) 2014: The Desire of Ages,

Thoughts from Mount of

Blessings and Christ’s

Object Lessons

d) 2015: Patriarchs &

Prophets;

2. Prayer Band

3. SOP

4. Sabbath

limited to:

(a) Church history

(b) Adventism

(c) Bible doctrines and

interpretation

(d) Church’s mission and 3

Angels

Message

3. Elders to establish yearly

Bible

themes which form a basis for

Bible

study topics both on Sabbath

afternoons and designated

weekly

days in the residential areas

4. Prayer Band in conjunction

with the

Elders, to develop and

implement

prayer and fast programs

5. Pastor to establish “Prayer

lines”

for those in need of prayer to

phone in

their requests

6. Encourage members to devote

time to

quality personal devotions

7. Church Library to stock SOP

literature


e) 2016: Prophets and Kings;

4. Attain 90-100% in members

owning a Study Guide

School 8. Sabbath School Dept to

promote

acquisition of Study Guides

through

attractive purchase schemes

and/or

via electronic media, such as

the

internet. (Members should

further be

encouraged to read the

purchased

study guides and Sabbath

school dept.

should come up with a way of

monitoring this.)

4. CHRISTIAN

STANDARDS

/ FAMILY VALUES

Each member to

appropriately portray

the image of Christ in

their lifestyle in line

with Church Manual

guidelines.

Distinctiveness in decorum and

deportment done through:-

1. Quarterly Bible Studies on

Dress/Lifestyle and

worship by Elders/Family

Life

2. Ensure that all members

maintain dress and

appearance that is

pleasant, respectable and

befitting the Seventh Day

Adventist beliefs through

quarterly promotions and

talks. 3. Ensure complete order is

maintained during worship

1. Family Life

2. Deacons

3. Deacons


conduct Bible studies on

Christian standards based

on the Church Manual at

Church and through


bands

2. Pastor and Elders should

also make follow-up

Bible studies

3. Family Life Dept to

educate young people in

matters of courtship,

weddings and marriage


educate parents on


services. This includes

ensuring that no people

are loitering in church

premises when church is

at worship or study -

Pastor/Elders& Deacons

to enforce.

children dress code


promote spirit of worship

and reverence in God’s

house at all times

through Bible studies


ensure adherence to

approved Wedding

Guidelines

5. EVANGELISM /

OUTREACH

(SID – “Zechariah Project:

A call to the entire division

family to become involved

in

evangelism, public and

personal, each according to

his or her Spiritual Gift…”

Zechariah 8:22 & 23)

A call to the entire

University Church

“family to become

involved in

evangelism,

public and personal,

each according to their

Spiritual Gift…” in

line with the Great

Commission in

Matthew

28:19 & 20

1. Organize deliberate door-

to-door visitations at least

4 times per year


personally evangelize with

a personal minimum target

of one soul each year. This

should result into at least

500 souls won for Christ

3. Conduct at least 2 public

Church crusades per year

to result into at least 50

baptized members

4. Normal baptismal classes

to result into 10 people

being baptized per quarter

5. Establish a new branch

every 2 years

6. Establish a new company

every other year

7. Facilitate establishment of

two new Churches by

1. Personal

Ministries

2. Personal

Ministries

3. Personal

Ministries

4. Personal

Ministries

5. Personal

Ministries

6. Personal

Ministries

7. Personal

Ministries

1. Establish under Personal

Ministries Dept a

subcommittee to

specifically oversee the

development and

implementation of

evangelism plans

2. Conduct training in

evangelism methods

3. All departments in the

Church to deliberately

weave evangelism into

their programs

4. Organize evangelism

units on residential area

basis, no more than 10

members per group

5. Encourage members to

invest in technology to

enable them watch Hope

Channel and 3ABN

6. Elders to aggressively


2016

8. Establish a local

community Radio Station

within the Church

Building by end of 2013

9. Establish and run a

programme to people with

disabilities within the

Church.

10. Conduct 2 training

sessions in a year on how

to evangelize

11. Run afternoon programs

on how to evangelize.

8. Communicatio

ns

9. MTPWD

10. Personal

Ministries

11. Personal

Ministries

promote baptismal

classes

7. Establish “Phone lines”

for the members of the

community who need to

be prayed for as well as

ask questions on

Christianity and

Adventism

8. Broadcast the Adventist

message through local

community radio station

9. Develop and implement

training programs which

will assist members in

reaching special groups

such as business and

professional community;

Muslims and other non-

Christian faith

communities; those

living with HIV/AIDS

10. Encourage creative use

of

modern technology in all

evangelistic endeavors

11. Aggressively sensitize

Church members about

the needs of disabled

worshippers

12. Identify needs of

disabled worshippers and


meet needs through

deliberate planning and

programming

13. Community Services

Depts. to deliberately

plan activities

(visitations, cleanups,

etc) to meet the needs of

the underprivileged (such

as orphans, aged, etc) in

the community,

particularly in the

vicinity of the University

Church

6. HEALTH Promote healthy

lifestyle

befitting a spiritually

filled Church member

Witness over the period a more

vibrant and healthy membership

with a reduction in mortality rate.

This to be achieved through:-

1. Medical Expo to be done

twice a year.

2. 5 Minute Health Talk at

least every month

3. Establishing a Counseling

Team and dedicated

Counseling Lines

1. Health

2. Health

3. Health

Health Dept to systematically

plan, develop and implement

holistic health reform programs.

This would be achieved by:

1. Health Dept to conduct

quarterly workshops on

health reforms in general,

with emphasis on topical

issues

2. Conducting free medical

checks for both members

and community once per

quarter

7. INFRASTRUCTURE

(SID – “Haggai Venture: A

dynamic infrastructural

development initiative aimed

Ensure the Church has

adequate supportive

Infrastructure to meet

the demands of

anticipated rapid

1. Commence the building of

the double storey

Multipurpose building on

area occupied by temporal

Church structure by 2012

1. CBID

2. CBID

1. Church Building Dept to

promote and establish a

Church Development

Fund for capital projects

that should be


at building churches,

schools,

etc, throughout SID” Haggai

1:2&8)

growth in

membership.

Supportive

infrastructure to

include access for the

physically challenged

to all places in the

church.

2. Commence construction

of school and camp

meeting structures before

end of 2012

3. Finish school construction

by end of 2016 –

Completion to be phased

for monitoring by CBID

4. Commence community

care centre construction at

Mwembeshi plot once the

school is up and running -

Target Year 2016 –

5. Purchase and install

mounted screens and

Projectors in the Church

6. All Projects to be costed

by CBID and priotised

according to resources.

3. CBID

4. CBID

5. Technical

6. CBID

aggressively promoted

by Stewardship

Department


develop an annual

Church Development

Plan through the Church

budgeting system


encourage members with

appropriate construction

skills to offer their

services, equipment, etc,

to assist in construction

and maintenance works

4. CBID to show plans that

build up to these goals

with clear milestones.

8. TRAINING

(SID – “Paul’s Method: A

call to equip our members

and employees with the

knowledge and skills to Lift

Up Christ and Tell the

World about Him…” 2

Timothy 2:2)

1. Equip all Church

members (young and

old) in leadership

skills, thus preparing

them for effective

service in the Church.

2. Equip members in

entrepreneurial and

self

reliance skills

3. Guide members in

career selection

1. Establish a Training Unit

within the Education

Department to specifically

focus on development and

implementation of training

programs according to the

needs of all groups within

the Church structure,

including Children, Youth

and Women

2. Church officers to be

adequately trained before

taking office

1. Education

2. Education

1. Establish a Training

Resources Database

2. Establish a “Pool of

Trainers” in various

fields of Church training

needs

3. 4. Promote the holding of

Christian Personal

Finance Management

seminars


3. Ongoing refresher courses

in management for Church

officers to be held every

quarter

4. Team building events

twice per year

5. Ongoing youth skills and

leadership training courses

to be conducted every

quarter

6. Hold Vacation Bible

School at least once per

year

7. Ongoing career guidance

seminars to be conducted

quarterly

8. Ongoing entrepreneurial

skills, seminars to be

conducted twice per year.

9. Training for Officers to

include technical team

training.

3. Education

4. Education

5. Education

6. VBS

7. Stewardship

8. Education

9. Education

9. EDUCATION Provide spiritually

oriented education to

members and the

general community

1. Commence nursery and

primary education by June

2012

2. Commence secondary

education by 2012

3. Have boarding school

facilities by end of 2016

4. School to include

boarding option by 2017

1. Education

2. Education

3. Education

1. Establish a School

Management Board

within Education Dept to

develop and implement

all aspects of establishing

school facilities

10. MUSIC Engage members with 1. Ensure Quality Music from 1. Music 1. Develop training programs


music skills in

witnessing for Christ

(within and outside the

Church)

all Established groups at all

times – Ongoing

2. Hold at least one Music

Crusade every year

3. Learn and master at least 10

new and familiar hymns

every year

4. Ensure all hymns are cast

electronically on the Screen

at worship times by 2012

5. Acquire church organ/Piano

by 2013

6. Musicians to evangelize

through other non Adventist

media, such as ZNBC

Television

at least once per year

2. Personal

Ministries

3. Music

4. Music

5. Technical

6. Music

for musicians and any other

interested Church members

2. Conduct music workshops

twice a year

3. Train specially identified

member(s) in playing

music instruments, such as

the piano/keyboard, guitar,

etc

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