Missional Vitality
Is your church ready for its next season?
The Evangelical Covenant Church equips local congregations for strong community life and healthy leadership through assessments, workshops, and resources.
Why we exist
Strong churches. Transformed people. Renewed communities.
We help congregations discern what God is already doing in their midst, then provide the tools to join in that work. When local churches are healthy, transformed people and communities live out God’s mission.
This is missional vitality—joining what God is already doing.
A Vitality story
“Our why statement has been an anchor for us. It’s kept us together.”
Nome Covenant Church
Nome, Alaska · on the Bering Sea
When their longtime pastor announced his retirement, this congregation at the edge of the map faced a season without a pastor. A Finding Your Why workshop gave them a shared purpose, and members stepped up to fill the roles that needed filling.
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Periodic Health Checkup
The pHCheckup is an assessment that helps your congregation take an honest look at how it’s doing in three key areas, so you can celebrate what’s working and focus on what’s next.
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Missional Identity
Who your church is and why it exists in this place, at this time.
Vision
Where God is leading your congregation, and how clearly that’s shared.
Leadership
How leaders are developed, empowered, and multiplied.
Workshops
Tools for every season of church life
Interactive experiences for leadership teams, available virtually or in person. Download a flyer to share with your council or board.
Finding Your Why
Based on Simon Sinek’s Find Your Why, discover the reason God placed your church in this place and organize everything else around it.
Learn More →Living Your Why
Put your church’s “why” into practice with discernment, analysis, and goal-setting for the next thirty, sixty, or ninety days.
Learn More →Heart. Mind. Strength.
An asset assessment that uncovers the passions, knowledge, skills, and gifts each person brings, and how they can empower mission.
Learn More →Trellis
Connect your church more firmly to the Vine through personal spiritual practices, emotionally healthy relationships, and a missional culture.
Learn More →Leadership Math
Identify leadership styles that clog the pipeline, recognize three healthy missional styles, and learn to add and multiply leaders.
Learn More →Leadership Transitions
Five resources that help leadership teams walk through change and loss so transitions strengthen your church rather than divide it.
Learn More →Pathway to Peace
A Scripture-based, five-step journey toward conflict redemption, with a teaching video, slides, and a sermon series for your congregation.
Learn More →Covenant Church Polity
Revisit your constitution and bylaws, understand Covenant congregational polity, and find the governance model that fits your mission.
Learn More →Let's Talk
We’d love to walk with your church.
Not sure where to start? Tell us a little about your congregation, and someone from the Missional Vitality team will help you find the right next step.
