This year, the stakes feel higher with personal clarity for a variety of reasons. My ministry is growing, my family is growing. Growth always means more complexity; more options, more distractions, more opportunities, etc.
John Piper has a lot to say to church leaders. But he often doesn’t address vision casting directly
This 15 minute video of Steve Jobs giving the Stanford Commencement Address in 2005 is a must watch. And if Steve Jobs’ innovation has impacted your life, you will like these three life lessons even more.
Clear vision requires clarity about the results you are after. Any result you might desire for your ministry will fit into three broad categories – input results, output results and impact results.
In the introduction to Church Unique, I shared my passion that instead of leading a great model, “I would rather work behind the scenes as a model maker. My greatest joy is seeing a leader for the first time articulate a stunningly unique model of ministry for his or her church.”As this month marks my eleventh year as a full-time coach/consultant and the fourth birthday of Church Unique, this passion has never been stronger. So I am teeing up a few special posts on ChurchUnique.
As I’ve watched conversations over the past decade, I have observed a growing interest from church leaders in getting mission and vision right. The latest Barna Group report that studied how pastors plan to improve their churches in the coming year affirms this. David Kinnaman, who directed the research study put it this way.
Articulating Vision Proper, Awareness, Kony 2012, Will Mancini
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Articulating Vision Proper, Awareness, Kony 2012, Will Mancini
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What people who are stuck are really saying is…
“We want more of the same thing the same way.”
Or to spell it out a little more…
“We want more of the same thing (people in attendance) the same way (with our existing worship and program offerings).”
Three effective ways to start moving toward clarity right now.
