Does your church's vision support your mission?
Your missional effectiveness will help answer this question.
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Does your church's vision move people to action?
Without
a clear and compelling vision that drives missionally-effective values, other values will take over your church’s landscape.
Over time, these “other values” create an uneasiness in your church and draw attention to the visible symptoms but they are not the real issues that need to be resolved.
Ed Holland, through Envision Solutions & Resources, is ready to help you embrace a
crisp, clear, and compelling vision that allows your church's values to be transferred to those you lead so that God’s purpose for your church can become a reality.
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Ed
Are These Conditions Present in You Church?
- A full church calendar but few stories of spiritual life change
- Empty seats on Sunday and struggling discipleship groups
- Declining participation in meaningful life-changing ministry
- Limited resources with fewer new givers and older ones passing away
- Minimal enthusiasm for positive action and an increase in negativity
If any of these circumstances sound familiar, you need to honestly evaluate the root causes of these visible symptoms.
It’s time to be a part of a church revitalization movement and renew your vision.
Envision Solutions can help you break free from the things that distract your church from its mission.
So let’s keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you’ll see it yet! Now that we’re on the right track, let’s stay on it.
-- Philippians 3:15-16 MSG
Understanding Forces That Ground a Church
If a church fails to address issues that contribute to missional ineffectiveness they become GROUNDED.
They have little to no part in accomplishing the Great Commission. (Matt. 28:18-20)
Interestingly, some of the same principles that hold true in aviation also apply to a church’s ability to rise above the world and spread the Good News about Jesus.
Understanding the forces that determine if a plane will fly or be grounded will help you understand why almost 5,000 churches close their doors annually.
The buildings remain a symbol of a church that once was, but the community of believers has passed on or moved on to healthier churches.
- Lift – The church’s lift comes from being aligned with scriptural principles and values. Like the wings of a plane, these values are set to make lift possible. Unity and acceptance of the church’s mission and values keeps lift in place and results in a church that soars.
- Weight – Churches become weighted down when they carry the load of practices that may not be bad, but they fail to produce spiritual lift. Excessive weight makes flight impossible. Planes have specific weight and balance guidelines and so should churches.
- Thrust – Vision and mission favored by God that is embraced and practiced by a church community is like the fuel that drives the engine’s thrust. When thrust overcomes drag it propels the church forward. The fuel of vision needs refilled often.
- Drag – The effects that slow down or stop your church’s forward motion are often caused by an unclear vision and/or clearly defined mission. Drag must be minimized.
