O Operations - Organisation


O1 Planning


O11 Planning process (plans, strategies, aims, risks…)


O12 Review and evaluation (audit, health-checks, failure…)


O13 Vision, values and purpose (statements…)


O14 Organisation (structure, change management, projects…)


JOHN Truscott is an independent church consultant and trainer who champions the ministry of creative organisation.


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M23 O2 Communication


O21 The communicator (networks, copyright, messages…)


O22 Print/website (newsletters, boards, email, social media…)


O23 Presentations (drama, speaking, making a case, PowerPoint…)


O24 Public Relations


(media, press releases, advertising…)


O3 Administration


O31 Church business (gifts of administration, church management…)


O32 Finance (accounts, budgets, Treasurer…)


Throughout this system you will note that different categories under different headings link up. So P23 on teamwork has obvious links with P35 on meetings and you might find it more natural to put P35 into the P2 system. In one sense this really does not matter too much, provided you end up with something that makes sense to you so that you can find things quickly.


O33 Buildings (plant, sound, heat, maintenance, safety…)


O34 IT (internet, tech, software, scams, GDPR…)


O35 Desk management (equipment, records, files…)


O36 Office (Church


Administrators, office set- up…)


So we have now covered the six main aspects of church operations, divided into 28 third level groupings.


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C Church


This category covers my interest in how churches function and what is happening on the UK church scene, for my personal benefit and as a background to my professional work. Those who are deeply involved in the UK church scene would need further categories. These will always be secondary to a P or O topic that also fits here. For example, an item on types of church leaders might be P11 but have C14 as a secondary classification.


C1 Health


C11 Church fitness (signs of health, assessment models…)


C12 Size and growth (models, small churches, rural churches…)


C13 New structures (fresh expressions, post- Christendom issues…)


C14 Role of Ministers (vocation, clergy issues, patronage…)


C2 Debates


C21 Doctrinal issues (other than the following)


C22 Charismatic/reformed issues


C23 Differing traditions C24 Gender issues C25 Sexuality issues


C3 Overview


C31 Anglican (dioceses, deaneries, parishes, synods…)


C32 Non-Anglican (Baptist, Methodist, independents…)


C33 UK church (overview, statistics, trends…)


C34 Mission agencies (structures, overview…)


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