Last week I wrote about the Missional Report Card. We got the idea from Hugh Halter, author of The Tangible Kingdom who wrote his HERE.

Below you will find the list that we have developed for our community.  It is a bit long (and by “a bit”I mean “way too”).  But I would love feedback on it.  Which areas are you seeing lived out?  Where are we failing or have room to grow?

  1. The Sunday gathering is not seen as the apex of our church’s existence but a helpful expression of our community’s life where we gather as Missional Communities to celebrate, learn, and worship. (Family, Servants, Learners, Missionaries)
  2. After attending Sunday Gatherings 4 times, people are either gone, in a Missional Community, or in a Transitional Community. (Family, Servants, Learners, Missionaries)
  3. We can identify that over 80% of Sunday attendance is actively living out our Identities and Practices in a TCC Missional Community. (Family)
  4. There are stories of times when someone in the community has an emergency (health, family, financial, etc) their first call is to their Missional Community rather than the paid pastors of the church. (Family)
  5. We are birthing new Missional Communities with strong leaders. (Learners, Missionaries)
  6. People are able to cite specific examples of how someone in their Missional Community “gospeled” them in the past week. (Learners, Family)
  7. People in MC’s are able to list 5 people who have not experienced the grace of God in the face of Christ, how they are praying for them, and recount a conversation they had with one of them in the past week. (Missionary)
  8. We are followers of Jesus who can clearly and compellingly communicate the gospel and tell how the 4 Identities flow out of the truth of the gospel. (Missionaries, Learners)
  9. Our Family is giving generously to the work of TCC. (Servant)
  10. People are entering community with us through Missional Communities not just Sunday Gatherings. (Missionaries)
  11. There are stories of people who were wandering away from God and His people but are now being transformed by the gospel. (Missionaries)
  12. There are people moving to be geographically closer to their Missional Community or a specific people group in order to declare and demonstrate the gospel in that context.  (Family, Servants, Missionaries)
  13. Members naturally identify people in their Missional Community as their Bible teachers rather than only seeing Chris, Kevin, or Don as the teachers. (Learners)
  14. Stories of streets, neighborhoods, or communities that are better off because we live there. (Missionaries, Servants)
  15. As a community we are more aware of our dependence on God and our desperate need for Him to see any of these “successes.”  (Learner)
  16. Prayer is not an added on part of a gathering, but the natural practice of our communities as we beg God to use us in our cities and overwhelm us with His gospel. (Learner)
  17. When asked, Missional Community leaders identify that they are not burnt out by their communities, lack of encouragement, or lack of training.  Rather they are equipped, empowered, and freed up to live out their calling to lead in the community in a healthy way. (Family, Learners, Servants)
  18. We are generously and effectively using our resources (at least 10% to Church Planting and 10% to Global Outreach) to advance the declaration and demonstration of the gospel throughout the world. (Family, Missionaries, Servants, Learners)