Churches have benefited from the methods of organizational management and business practices. Logical, disciplined, systematized approach to goal accomplishment is the virtue of organizational management. Churches can learn from businesses. Yet, churches operate under different assumptions than business organizations and begin from a different place.
Churches are always accountable to God, whereas business organizations choose to acknowledge or ignore their accountability. Churches properly begin with what God is doing in the world and align their ministries to that which God calls them. This is different from organizational strategic planning that does not take into account God's role in the organization's future but decides for itself what it shall do.
Churches are always accountable to God, whereas business organizations choose to acknowledge or ignore their accountability. Churches properly begin with what God is doing in the world and align their ministries to that which God calls them. This is different from organizational strategic planning that does not take into account God's role in the organization's future but decides for itself what it shall do.
Missional planning begins with identifying what God is doing in the church's service area, discovering the church's unique role in God's mission, and then designing ministry to carry out the church's role in God's mission.
Missional Planning vs. Strategic Planning charts the differences. While the dichotomy might be strained, it illustrates how a planning process beginning with God's actions in a given context is different from a planning process that begins with an organization's self-defined purpose.
Discerning God's Mission: Trust-Building And Teamwork For Collective Insight provides the methods and tools for preparing church's for discerning and discovering God's intentions for them. Rather than a strategic plan that is either vague or quickly outdated because the ministry environment changes rapidly, a missional approach to planning prepares a congregation for however and wherever the Holy Spirit leads them in the moment. Rather than having clear, detailed goals that are outdated in a few months, the church remains flexible and responsive to changing circumstances.
Course starts July 15th. Registration for discounted rates ends June 15th. Sign up now for Discerning God's Mission: Trust-Building and Teamwork for Collective Insight by clicking HERE or emailing Chris Hagen at revdrhagen@gmail.com.
Missional Planning vs. Strategic Planning charts the differences. While the dichotomy might be strained, it illustrates how a planning process beginning with God's actions in a given context is different from a planning process that begins with an organization's self-defined purpose.
Discerning God's Mission: Trust-Building And Teamwork For Collective Insight provides the methods and tools for preparing church's for discerning and discovering God's intentions for them. Rather than a strategic plan that is either vague or quickly outdated because the ministry environment changes rapidly, a missional approach to planning prepares a congregation for however and wherever the Holy Spirit leads them in the moment. Rather than having clear, detailed goals that are outdated in a few months, the church remains flexible and responsive to changing circumstances.
Course starts July 15th. Registration for discounted rates ends June 15th. Sign up now for Discerning God's Mission: Trust-Building and Teamwork for Collective Insight by clicking HERE or emailing Chris Hagen at revdrhagen@gmail.com.
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