Further Steps

Those areas of frequently asked questions and challenges within the implementation process are detailed below with the specific Implementation Guide references.

Commitment - If you want to:

  • Obtain commitment from senior leadership to the ministry, commission a ministry champion and recruit a core team – pages 25-31
  • Develop a Vision statement for the ministry – page 30-31
  • Prepare a Good $ense Ministry proposal (Strategic Plan) – pages 31-33

Development - If you need to:

  • Recruit volunteers for the ministry team – page 39
  • Select a Good $ense Administrator and set-up an office – pages 39-40
  • Select and train Good $ense teachers – pages 40-41
  • Select and train Good $ense Budget Counselors – pages 42-43
  • Develop groups for counselors and teachers – pages 44-45

 

Launch the ministry - When you need to:

  • Communicate the Good $ense vision to the congregation and promote the first Budget Course – pages 51-52 and the Promotional Assistance section of the G$ website
  • Teach the Good $ense Budget Course – pages 52-54
  • Offer Good $ense Budget counseling – pages 54-55
  • Evaluate the Good $ense Budget Course and counseling services and make adjustments – pages-55-56

 

Expand the Good $ense Ministry in your church - When you want to:

  • Select and train additional counselors – page 61
  • Increase the number and variety of Good $ense courses – pages 61-62
  • Seek opportunities to partner with other ministries in your church – pages 62-63
 
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