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Church Leadership transformation volunteer ministry diverse cultures resistance to change

Church Leadership transformation volunteer ministry diverse cultures resistance to change. Does God do Vision, Mission and Strategy?. Does God do Vision, Mission and Strategy?. Vision - Hebrews 12v2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of faith.

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Church Leadership transformation volunteer ministry diverse cultures resistance to change

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  1. Church Leadership • transformation • volunteer ministry • diverse cultures • resistance to change

  2. Does God do Vision, Mission and Strategy?

  3. Does God do Vision, Mission and Strategy? Vision - Hebrews 12v2 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of faith. Who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, scorned its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

  4. Does God do Vision, Mission and Strategy? Vision - Revelation 21 v1 Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth,’ for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea… v5 He who was seated on the throne say, ‘I am making everything new!’ Then he said, ‘Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.’

  5. Does God do Vision, Mission and Strategy? Mission – John 10v10, "I have come that they might have life, and that they might have it to abundance." Matthew 28v19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

  6. Does God do Vision, Mission and Strategy? Strategy – Mark 9v30. Jesus and the disciples left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus said to them, ‘The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise.’

  7. So what do we mean by Vision? • Vision • |ˈvi zhən|noun • the faculty or state of being able to see : • a mental image of what the future will or could be like. • the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom Deuteronomy 8:7-10. For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land-a land with streams and pools of water, with springs flowing in the valleys and hills; 8a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey; 9 a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills. 10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.

  8. Some useful definitions? Vision as Mountain Top Mission as Mandate Strategy as Map Actions as Movement

  9. Contrasting Vision and Mission Vision Mission Travel Brochure Compass Describes the future Defines the Direction Inspires Informs Seeing Doing Creates Energy Directs Energy

  10. what are the advantages and disadvantages of formally developing Vision, Mission, Strategy and Plans?

  11. What creates a good Vision statement • Concise. • Clear. • Consistent. • Compelling. • Common.

  12. Example Vision Statements: • To see lives transformed by the love of Jesus • Growing Disciples. Starting Churches. • To be a place where LOVE WORKS. • We believe all people matter to God and that Christ’s message and ministry through the local church is the hope of the world. • to play our part in the evangelisation of the nations, the revitalisation of the church and the transformation of society.

  13. Example Vision Statements: • To be a Christ-centred Church in an influential City, which multiplies and helps other Churches towards these shared goals, across the region, Western Europe and beyond. • To build a great city for all people through a gospel movement that brings personal conversion, community formation, social justice and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, to the world.

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