It’s hard to believe but we are almost into the 4th quarter of 2018. As we move closer to the end of the year it might be a good time to think about your 2019 church planning and what you should be doing now.
There is an old saying “If you fail to plan – you plan to fail”.
Planning helps us stay focused on those things that move us closer to achieving our mission.
Effective churches understand the importance of creating a Mission, Vision and Values statement.
This formal document provides direction and a target for the church. It is a tool to help the organization fulfill what God has called it to do. It is the bullseye!
The value of a church vision statement is that it gives church leadership, employees and members a shared goal.
Churches are established to help people – and it takes people to do that work.
The challenge for churches is that the majority of the workforce is in the form of free labor.
These necessary laborers are what we refer to as volunteers.
Managing volunteer labor creates a dynamic that is unique to churches and the nonprofit world.
The term human resources represents the people who make up the workforce (paid or volunteer) of an organization. Read the Full Article →
Church strategic planning is an important part of the creation, development and growth of any ministry. Church ministries that are interested in growth are not exempt from planning.
Church planning helps the organization map out strategic steps to achieve its mission and vision.
Churches can experience a level of success without a plan, but those who invest the time and resources into developing a specific strategy and plan can achieve success at a much quicker pace.
Fulfilling a church’s mission requires taking the time to develop a strategy, planning the steps to get it done and management of the process. Implementing church strategy takes focus!
Managing the process requires identifying who needs to do what, by when and holding them accountable for what they are responsible for doing.
A church mission strategy defines how a ministry will achieve its purpose to serve its members and the community in which it resides.
I have a reader who has been been appointed to a new role, “Ministries of Trustees” position who recently asked for advice on preparing to meet with their pastor.
“I am meeting with our pastor. He’s been reviewed by the Ministries and by the session, but I thought it would be courteous and smart to ask him to share his hopes and dreams about where he wants to take our church family in the next 3, 5, 10 years. Read the Full Article →
