Community Transformation Assessment Scale Codes: sbh Spiritual Beachhead sbk Spiritual Breakthrough str Spiritual Transformation Stage Description Chart: sbh 1 sbh 2 sbh 3 sbh 4
Recognition of manifest bondage Initial prayer for revival appetite within local Body Emergence of intercessory prayer core Initial backlash, typically involving attacks on intercessors and their families sbh 5 Emergence of persevering leadership with commitment to the land and community sbh 6 External crises and/or internal conviction lead to a wider recognition of prevailing bondages sbh 7 Pastoral unity develops through humility/repentance sbh 8 Social reconciliation occurs within the larger body of Christ sbh 9 Preliminary spiritual mapping provides additional details on prevailing bondages within the community sbh 10 Largescale united prayer begins sbh 11 Fullscale spiritual mapping reveals root pacts/bondages and sustains fervent prayer sbh 12 Secondary backlash, typically involving attacks on key leaders sbh 13 Leaders publicly renew commitment to land/community sbh 14 Strategic neighborhood prayer walking takes place sbh 15 Reconciliation occurs between the church and community sbk 1 Prayer burden lifts sbk 2 Divine action plan(s) revealed sbk 3 Christians take bold action in response to divine revelation and
sbk 4 sbk 5 sbk 6 sbk 7 sbk 8 str 1 str 2 str 3 str 4 str 5
instructions Special developments occur, including public power encounters and key conversions Tertiary backlash, typically involving entire congregations & ministries Christian community rallies through intense spiritual warfare Largescale conversions take place Church growth & systematic discipleship take place throughout community Converted political and spiritual leaders formally renounce historic ties to the spirit world Sociopolitical renewal sweeps the community Community transformation and divine miracles are acknowledged by the secular news media The community begins to export spiritual light to other places Believers maintain victory through devotion to fellowship, prayer and God's Word
Notes: 1. This chart was derived through careful analysis of more than a dozen transformed communities around the world. 2. Although the stages listed on this chart represent a typical sequence of events, individual experiences may differ. 3. Persevering leadership and united prayer were present in every transformed community case study looked at. Other common factors were public power encounters, social reconciliation, and diagnostic research (spiritual mapping). 4. The Bible offers several examples of leaders who attract divine favor through intentional action (e.g., Josiah, Ezra).