At the heart of every church and Christian nonprofit is a mission inspired by God’s call to impact lives and expand His kingdom. The Growth Culture Operating System™ (GCOS) provides a road map to get you there.
Whether your goal is to reach more people with the gospel or increase your resources to serve your community, the GCOS™ provides a clear and actionable path forward. It ensures that your organization consistently achieves success by equipping your leaders, team members, and volunteers to work in unity towards your mission.
We've found the key to growth is built on three pillars:
Securely Centered Leaders
Leaders grounded in faith and humility foster the agility and collaboration a team needs to keep winning.
Extreme Team Engagement
To effectively expand your impact, you must elicit each team member’s best effort and thinking.
Elite Client Experience
Whether serving congregants or the wider community, your team must consistently deliver a Christ-centered, exceptional experience.
Just as Jesus taught in the parable of the mustard seed, small efforts of faith and growth lead to great and lasting results in God’s kingdom.
Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.” (Matthew 13:32)
The Growth Culture Operating System™ and Your Ministry
VOCA Center delivers the GCOS™ in tiered service levels, from complete cultural transformation engagements to one-day workshops tailored to your ministry’s unique needs, from experiences that deliver the entire model to pillar-specific work with individual leaders.
Align and Upskill Your Leaders
We align and upskill leaders at all levels—from senior pastors and executive directors to managers and volunteers.
Our interactive, biblically-centered solutions are proven to:
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boost productivity
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increase confidence
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identify underperformance
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improve communication
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foster effective meetings
Problems We've Helped Solve
Team Offsite
How do we bring together our ministry teams to foster unity and shared vision?
Next Gen Leadership
How do we develop future leaders who can carry our mission forward with strength and wisdom?
Team Alignment
We just formed new teams. How do we accelerate their alignment with our vision and begin making an impact?
High Performer Development
Our high performers have a huge impact on our mission and culture. We can’t afford for them to be less than their best.
Executive Feedback
Some of our executives need to hear honest feedback about how the team experiences their leadership. How do we do this while maintaining grace and unity?
The VOCA Distinctives
FAITH BAKED IN
Our team of Christ-followers weave Kingdom principles and disciplines to anchor leadership transformation in the way of Jesus.
FACTS ARE OUR FRIENDS
We use data to replace opinion and conjecture with facts, driving development goals and outcomes.
BUILT BY THE COACH APPROACH
We lead with listening. We tailor each solution to meet your specific objectives and outcomes.
ITERATIVE LEARNING
We leverage learning cycles to produce the kind of results that justify the investment.
REAL-WORLD TESTED
Every framework we use is proven in the real world of ministry and business.
THE BEST TEAM ON THE FIELD
Most of our training engagements will include at least two consultants to keep the energy and interest flowing.
MULTIMODAL LEARNING
Robust and innovative interaction with powerful concepts drives lasting change.
AN EYE ON ROI
Even as a church, you need to think about return on investment for the funds you invest in leadership and team growth. We embrace the need for development initiatives to justify the investment and help our clients do the math.