by Chris Goldman As part of my work with leadership teams for companies engaging our marketing services at bizmktg.com, we begin with a strategy session. This session is usually four hours long and helps clarify the mission, vision, and organizational messaging. For every company or nonprofit organization, this must be uniquely authentic as good […]
Authors : Chris Goldman
Tags : Vision & Mission
by Steven Carrizal Transitions have a way of disrupting what church leaders tend to value most—continuity, constancy, and predictability or perhaps in another word, peace. With transitions come a sense of uncertainty and reactivity that is often soothed by seeing a problem to solve and looking for a quick fix that has long term […]
Authors : Steven Carrizal
Tags : Strategic Planning, Vision and Mission
by Greg Anderson As a church prayerfully wrestles with its future, it is wise to ask and answer two very important questions: What is our church’s vision? What is our church’s mission? If no one in your church can answer those questions, then you have some serious work to do. Why are vision and mission […]
Authors : Greg Anderson
Tags : Strategic Planning, Vision and Mission
by Jon Mullican Vision work is imaginative work, using our God-given minds to generate an image of a preferred future. In Revelation 21, God tells of a future with a “new heaven and a new earth” where there is no pain and no tears. This is God’s dream for His people. Functionally then, envisioning […]
Authors : Jon Mullican
Tags : Vision & Mission
by Jay Jarboe One of the wonderful truths about God is His desire for relationship and partnership with His people. Paul reminds us, “we are God’s fellow workers” (1 Cor. 3:9a). The early church committed itself not just to ordinary activities but to meaningful spiritual relationships (Acts 2:42). Many believe that activities create relationships, but […]
Authors : Jay Jarboe
by Evertt Huffard For many years, I began a weekend consultation with a group of elders or a mission team with a SWOT assessment [strengths-weaknesses-opportunities-threats]. However, I shifted away from this tool to the “start-stop-continue” tool because it naturally generated action steps. Consider this SWOT on SWOT. STRENGTHS: A good consultation generates conversations that the […]
Authors : Evertt Huffard
by Greg Anderson – Have you ever been part of a team that is rowing in the same direction? It is a wonderful thing to experience. Everyone has embraced a specific vision and aligned head and heart with it. They have articulated a mission to help them get there. Enthusiasm is potent, all things seems […]
Authors : Greg Anderson
by George Welty Many churches tacitly celebrate their pastors being overworked. We might not say it out loud, but the culture exists: tired equals faithful, busy equals devoted, exhausted equals fruitful. Many in the pews have never glimpsed the inward weight of ministry — the spiritual fatigue, the emotional weariness, and the continual burden […]
Authors : George Welty
Tags : Continual Learning, Work Life Balance
by Shannon Rains “That is not the way we’ve always done it.” “We’ve tried that before; it didn’t work.” “Let’s stick with what we know works.” Like many of you, I have sat in countless leadership meetings. The same agenda items seemed to find their way back, meeting after meeting, shaping the conversation like […]
Authors : Shannon Rains
Tags : Continual Learning, Growth Mindset
by Scott Laird Robert Clinton once noted that only thirteen out of forty-nine Bible leaders he studied “finished well.” In other words, just one out of every three or four ended their leadership journey in a healthy way (The Making of a Leader, 2nd ed., 187). By 2012, Clinton had reviewed around 3,500 case […]
Authors : Scott Laird
Tags : Continual Learning
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