André Rocha
Pastor, missional strategist, speaker, and advisor.
20+ Years in ministry and missions
4 Continents served
40 Questions · 8 dimensions
Missional Church Assessment
About me
To mobilize the people of God to participate in God’s mission in faithful and fruitful ways.
I am a pastor, missional strategist, speaker, and advisor with more than 20 years of experience helping churches, organizations, and leaders engage faithfully and strategically in God’s mission.
Tools
Two free assessments: one for your church, one for you.
For pastors, elders, and mission leaders
Missional Church Assessment
What is God asking of my church?
An assessment for congregations seeking to encounter, engage, and expand their place in God’s mission — naming deficiencies, strengths, and calling with pastoral honesty.
FORM · Vocational Discernment
Missional Formation Assessment
How has God formed you to serve in His mission?
41 honest questions name the missional profile where you can serve today. A profile, not a label.
Research
Executive briefs on the direction the global church and missions are headed today.
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The American Church after COVID-19
Read the brief →: The American Church after COVID-19Recalibration, not revival: what eight major surveys say about attendance, vitality, and who is actually in the pews.
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Mission Innovation
Read the brief →: Mission InnovationA worldwide survey of biblically faithful approaches, field practices, training models, and leadership structures.
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Prayer and Global Mission
Read the brief →: Prayer and Global MissionWhat the Evidence Supports, and What It Does Not
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Future Trends of Mission
Read the brief →: Future Trends of MissionMission is becoming more skilled, more polycentric, more digital, more diasporic—and harder to fund with yesterday’s systems.
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Church Revitalization: A Research Brief
Read the brief →: Church Revitalization: A Research BriefChurch revitalization asks a hard, missional question: when a congregation is plateaued or declining, what should be renewed, what must change, and when is a replant the more faithful path?
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Brazilian Missionary Movement
Read the brief →: Brazilian Missionary MovementThe Brazilian missionary movement and the structures that have not kept pace with its growth.
Latest from the blog
Writing on mission, leadership, and the church.
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Refugees in a Foreign Land
Christians live with a tension: we are citizens of nations, yet our identity and home are found in Christ. Scripture describes God’s people as strangers,…
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Organizations as Organisms
Every organization carries within it a culture — a living, breathing reality deeply rooted in human experience and identity. In Reframing Organizations, Lee Bolman and…
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Using Authority amid Adaptive Challenges
When should leaders use their authority, and when does it get in the way? Heifetz on adaptive work, and what a pastor learned about leading…
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Church Revitalization Will Be Won by Formed Leaders, Not Better Methods
Sam Rainer’s new research on the “new wave of pastors” finds the future of church revitalization depends less on better methods and more on formed…
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He Goes Ahead: Honoring the Shepherds Who Lead Us
“When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.” (John…
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Mission Is Identity, Not Department
Departments have budgets and annual reports; identity shapes every decision. If the missions department closed tomorrow, would your church still be sent?
Daily Devotional
Contact
Let’s talk about mission.
Coffee, a conversation about your church’s next step, or an invitation to speak — I’d be glad to hear from you.
Reach me directly
- andre@carryingthecross.com
- (404) 369-9181
- linkedin.com/in/andrerickli
- Location: Metro Atlanta, Georgia