Health Check
Below are some diagnostic tools and exercises to help you get a clearer picture of health at your church.
A diagnostic tool is a resource designed to shine a ‘spot light’ on an important characteristic of your person, group or Church i.e. Your Conflict Management Style; The markers of Congregational Health or an aspect of Church life. An exercise flows out of the tool and can enable you to understand more about yourself, your group or you church and so be better able to identify areas that need addressing personally or corporately.
If you would like a facilitator to come and provide a health check-up at your church, please use the contact form
| Image | Title | Summary | Categories | Author | Date | categories_hfilter | tags_hfilter | author_hfilter |
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 | The Hospitable Church | The Hospitable Church Being an hospitable church goes far beyond being a welcoming church. While … | Article, Diagnostic Tool, Training, Training Paper | Dave Thurston | 29 October 2024 | article diagnostic training training-paper | church community culture healthy healthyfruitfulleadership ministry | |
 | The Johari Window | The Johari Window resource is a helpful framework for thinking about ourselves and two aspects … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 3 March 2021 | diagnostic | emotional emotional-social-intelligence esi feedback johari self-disclosure social | |
 | Understanding Guilt & Shame | Guilt: ‘I’ve done something wrong.’ Shame: ‘Something is wrong with me and others can see … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 15 February 2021 | diagnostic | emotion emotional-social-intelligence emotions esi guilt mature maturity shame untangling-emotions | |
 | Understanding Grief | Grief: Disappointed, Unhappy, Upset, Dissatisfied, Discouraged, Tired, Loss, Misunderstood, Sick, Grieving, Lost, Heartbroken, Sorrowful, Distressed, … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 2 February 2021 | diagnostic | emotion emotional emotional-social-intelligence emotions esi grief untangling | |
 | Understanding Anger | Anger: Irritated, Touchy, Critical, Sarcastic, Frustrated, Annoyed, Hostile, Jealous, Defiant, Intolerant, Provoked, Furious, Violent, Hating, … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 25 January 2021 | diagnostic | anger character emotional emotions esi hardest-emotions resilience untangling-emotions | |
 | Understanding Fear | Fear: Uneasy, worried, nervous, anxious, tense, tight, spooked, haunted, scared, afraid, panicked, terrified and petrified … | Diagnostic Tool | Dave Thurston | 19 January 2021 | diagnostic | emotion emotional emotions esi fear hardest-emotions intelligence social untangling-emotions | |
 | Bucket List | This resource is useful as a reflection tool for reviewing significant changes in church life. … | Diagnostic Tool | Tim Dyer | 9 July 2020 | diagnostic | bucket covid covid19 evaluate reflect reflection review session | |
 | COVID-19 Reflections | When we experience a crisis, part of the recovery is to share the stories of … | Exercise | Kathy Thurston | 9 June 2020 | exercise | coronavirus covid covid19 crisis recovery reflection reflections | |
 | How Do You Feel? | In the document Increasing Resilience in Adversity, a component of resilience was identified as “Working … | Exercise | Dave Thurston & Tim Dyer | 28 May 2020 | exercise | emotion emotional esi intelligence self social | |
 | Ten Characteristics Of A Healthy And Fruitful Church | Every functioning Church must have leaders and members who believe the gospel of Jesus Christ … | Diagnostic Tool | Healthy Churches | 5 May 2020 | diagnostic | characteristics church fruitful health healthy jesus seven |