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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
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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
2. Each Church member to
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
residential fellowship
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4. Each Church member to
be fully sensitized about
their rights with regard to
freedom to exercise
religious persuasion.
5. Each Church member to
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
residential fellowship
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
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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
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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
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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
1. Pastor and Elders to
conduct Bible studies on
Christian standards based
on the Church Manual at
Church and through
residential fellowship
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
4. Family Life Dept to
educate parents on
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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
5. Pastor and Elders to
promote spirit of worship
and reverence in God’s
house at all times
through Bible studies
6. Family Life Dept to
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
2. Each Church member to
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
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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
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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
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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
2. Church Building Dept to
develop an annual
Church Development
Plan through the Church
budgeting system
3. Church Building Dept to
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
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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
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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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