“The plans of the heart belong to man,

but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.”

Proverbs 16:1

What you hold in your hands is an explanation of our hearts’

desires for how we hope to serve our Savior Jesus Christ in the
future. We understand that the Lord may change any or all of these
plans. We also understand that the Lord may return soon and none
of these plans may come to pass. However, if the Lord prolongs His
coming and if the answer from the Lord’s mouth is “Yes”, then we
will use this document as a road map to guide us for future ministry.

We certainly wish to express thanks to each person from our

congregation who participated in the planning process. Many of
our members completed survey forms, participated in
brainstorming sessions, and diligently worked on this project.

If you are new to our church family, we hope this document

will give you a taste of what Alfred Almond Bible Church is all about
and where we desire to go in the future. Our hope is to have the
opportunity to fulfill some of these dreams together with you!

If you have been a part of our family for a while now, we

anticipate a wonderful time of serving our Lord together with you.
We trust that all of us would commit ourselves afresh to serving
God together faithfully in the upcoming years or until Christ calls us
home.

Joyfully serving God together,

Your Shepherding Elders
 Our Mission:
Our Mission is to bring glory to God by training believers to
be faithful followers of Jesus Christ, and equipping them to be
effective representatives for Him.

Our Priorities:
We are Committed to Truth
therefore, we strive to teach the Bible with an emphasis on
practical life application.

We are Committed to Worship

therefore, we strive to exalt and honor God in all areas of
our life.

We are Committed to Growth

therefore, we strive to become more like Jesus Christ.

We are Committed to Relationships

therefore, we strive to provide opportunities to strengthen
marriages, nurture families, and develop caring friendships.

We are Committed to Service

therefore, we strive to equip believers to use their spiritual
gifts and abilities to serve.

We are Committed to Stewardship

therefore, we strive to encourage each other to be faithful and
generous with all that God has entrusted to us.
 Our Family:
Who we are…

The Alfred Almond Bible Church is a family of followers of Jesus Christ

who desire to honor God by applying His sufficient Word to all areas
of life and ministry. We seek to do this by growing stronger, serving
together, reaching others, and strengthening believers.

Our Ministries:
Growing Stronger
We are seeking to help every believer grow in godliness.

Serving Together
We are seeking to equip every believer to use their gifts
and abilities to serve one another.

Reaching Others
We are seeking to meet community needs and share the gospel.

Strengthening Believers
We are seeking to strengthen and support other pastors,
missionaries, and churches.
 Ministry Plan for 2006

Growing Stronger
1. Develop “Getting Around the Bases” which illustrates potential
growth expectations for individuals.
2. Offer a Marriage Enrichment Class. Part 1.
3. Evaluate Olympian program and make appropriate changes.
4. Evaluate and coordinate teaching material flow for
grades PreK - 12th.

Serving Together
1. Review and update the Ministry Guidelines for those who serve.
2. Develop a job description for the Associate Pastor position.
3. Improve how we train teachers and leaders for PreK – 12th
4. Develop an internet site that will be useful and easily updateable.

Reaching Others
1. Determine ways we can have a positive influence and impact on our
community through ‘Servant’ and ‘Friendship’ Evangelism.
2. Offer a Personal Evangelism Training course.
3. Purchase, and promote tracts/ CD’s for personal evangelism.
4. Determine the effectiveness of ‘Big Event’ evangelism in reaching
our community. Ex. Christmas Program Sports, etc.

Strengthening Believers
1. Evaluate how to better understand and meet the needs of our
existing missionaries.
2. Improve strategies in helping AABC body more effectively pray
for our missionaries.
3. Determine the needed changes to our Mission Policy.

Building
1. Renovate the kitchen.
2. Develop a Building Committee to:
- Evaluate the space needs of existing facility.
- Evaluate the future space needs/facility goals of the church.
- Develop a Facility Master Plan.
3. Save for New Construction.
 Ministry Plan for 2007

Growing Stronger
1. Examine our existing ABF’s and determine ways to strengthen
the teaching and fellowship.
2. Consider the need of a College Age Ministry for AABC
attendees (ages 18-25).
3. Investigate quality resources that could be used for devotions
with different age groups.
4. Determine the goals for our existing Neighborhood Home Groups
and develop leadership training and curriculum for new ones.

Serving Together
1. Offer a class that helps to identify and use one’s Spiritual Gift.
2. Evaluate the Nursery and develop a guideline handbook.
3. Review existing Elders / Deacons Ministry Guidelines and
develop new strategies of training elders / deacons.
4. Determine ways to strengthen involvement in Men’s Prayer.

Reaching Others
1. Investigate and purchase follow-up materials for Big Event and
One-on-One Evangelism.
2. Develop classes that could be offered to our community for
connection and outreach. Ex. finance, marriage, etc. Part 1.
3. Develop a plan for church families to invite others to lunch.
4. Explore the effectiveness of outreach in VBS.

Strengthening Believers
1. Develop strategies in helping AABC more effectively communicate
through letters and internet to our missionaries.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Faith Promise.
3. Consider the need for a mission trip for our teens in 2008.

Building
1. Present the Facility Master Plan.
2. Implement phase I of the Master Plan.
3. Save for New Construction.
 Ministry Plan for 2008

Growing Stronger
1. Consider the need for a Monthly Men’s Meeting to study key
issues concerning men.
2. Develop and offer a Financial Class. Part 1.
3. Refine the Fundamentals of Faith Class. Part 2.
4. Evaluate and improve the effectiveness of the
Shepherding Ministry.

Serving Together
1. Develop Leadership Course for adults and /or teens. Part 1.
2. Establish Teen Training in some of the ministries of AABC.

Reaching Others
1. Continue to develop classes that could be offered to our
community for connection and outreach. Ex. finance,
marriage, dance, hunting, computer skills. Part 2.
2. Develop Evangelistic Reminders for the AM service
that will encourage witnessing.
3. Improve ways Ushers can have a greater impact during
the service.

Strengthening Believers
1. Consider the need for a Missions Trip for adults and /or
families for 2009 and beyond.

Building
1. Implement Phase II of the Facility Master Plan.
2. Save for New Construction.
 Ministry Plan for 2009
Growing Stronger
1. Offer a ‘How to Study the Bible’ class.
2. Develop a Scripture Memory System of essential verses
for different age groups.
3. Evaluate the completeness of our current Church
Constitution in light of legal issues.

Serving Together
1. Consider a Mentoring Ministry (‘Passing the Baton’;
adult to adult or adult to teen).
2. Continue to help our teens more effectively serve, using
their giftedness.
3. Review and refine the Membership and Baptism Classes.
4. Consider developing a Lay Counseling Ministry so our
people can personally counsel others.

Reaching Others
1. Reconsider the effectiveness of ‘Big Events’.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of Friendship ‘Connection’ Dinners
to get to know visitors.

Strengthening Believers
1. Evaluate the effectiveness of our current Missions Policy.

Building
1. Re-evaluate the Facility Master Plan.
2. Save for New Construction.
3. Develop an Annual Building Maintenance Program
to take care of the facility.
 Ministry Plan for 2010
Growing Stronger
1. Develop a room that has the necessary supplies for
youth classes.

Serving Together
1. Develop a ‘Resource Center’ so informational materials
can be purchased for quick and guided access.
2. Consider the usefulness and feasibility of a Serving Database
that would help track members’ desires to serve and how
they fit.
3. Evaluate and refine Servant Hearts.

Reaching Others
1. Explore the possibility of College Ministry to AU and/or ASC.
2. Begin to develop a core of counselors who can be available to
help the community.

Strengthening Believers
1. Provide resources through our church’s internet web page to help our missionaries
and others.

Building
1. Implement Phase III of the Facility Master Plan.
2. Implement the Annual Building Maintenance Program to
take care of the facility.