Every budgeting process involves this basic question: "How much should we give to each ministry and line item?" From this major question, a series of other questions needs to be answered. Use this assessment tool to find out what progress your church has made in answering them. Under each item, check the box that is the most accurate description of your church.
Successful visions seem to possess several characteristics:
1. Solid in core. People rightly get frustrated when the reason the church exists changes. Our church, for example, has this primary mission: "We will live the Great Commission" (Matt. 28:19–20). Although our church ministers to the poor through our food pantry, feeding the poor isn't why we exist; we exist to reach the lost for Christ.
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Successful visions seem to possess several characteristics:
1. Solid in core. People rightly get frustrated when the reason the church exists changes. Our church, for example, has this primary mission: "We will live the Great Commission" (Matt. 28:19-20). Although our church ministers to the poor through our food pantry, feeding the poor isn't why we exist; we exist to reach the lost for Christ.
ARTICLE Vision Lead your church to another level spiritually and strategically. from BuildingChurchLeaders.com
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Visioneering by Andy Stanley
Vision is a picture of the future that stands in spite of the present. It is an important piece of creating a good future. Using the story of Nehemiah, Andy Stanley walks you through how to create a vision worth pursuing. (Multnomah, 2001; ISBN 157673787X)
Write the Vision: The Church Renewedby Wilbert ...
POWERPOINT Vision Vision is easy to talk about but hard to create and implement. If your church needs a new vision or needs to upgrade the one it has, you’ll want to have your leaders go through this theme. by BuildingChurchLeaders.com
Starting Out Right How to prepare for a successful building venture. Dan Ehrman
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"We shape our buildings," said Winston Churchill, "and afterwards, our buildings shape us." In most churches, the journey toward a new or updated facility is a once-a-generation opportunity. The efforts put forth in this process will define the scope of future ministries, and they will indirectly shape the experiences of a generation or more of those in your fellowship.
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