Use of a spiritual inventory on visits can help deepen the spirituality of a church. Typical questions are:
1. What’s one joy and one struggle you’re experiencing in your life or ministry?
2. How would you describe your walk with God this past year?
3. Where do you feel you would most like to grow as a Christian?
4. Could you give me a thumbnail sketch of your spiritual history?
5. How did you first come to believe?
6. In your devotional life, what’s one thing you’ve recently discovered?
7. How would you finish this sentence: I feel good about my walk with God when….
8. What have been some of the ups and downs of your spiritual life since you came to faith?
9. How has our church helped you in your spiritual development?
10. What do you need from me as a friend and fellow believer to go on to maturity in Christ Jesus?
To use it, people must feel open with you, you must have a relationship with them, and a soft approach works better than a hard one, and it is better to be an encourager than a judge. An hour long call can cover it.
Joe Kong, a Cambodian Christian, was saved in Bubna’s church and discipled. He used this technique to plant over a dozen Cambodian churches. He said, “Pastor, the way you developed me spiritually is how I’m developing leaders for the Cambodian churches. It is a biblical pattern, and it works.”