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Finding God’s Vision for Your Church
Source: Lyle Schaller, The Very Large Church: New Rules for Leaders, Abingdon, 2000
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“Goals” vs. “Vision”
There is a difference between
Challenging Goals
Inspiring Vision
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Challenging Goals …
Help us to keep on doing what we have been doing, only more or better at it
Win more games Get better grades Build nicer buildings
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But Inspiring Vision …
Communicates a radically different picture of tomorrow
Making your kids the first to graduate college
Empty nest homemaker returns to school
Tenured prof resigns to start a new business
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5 Differences Between “Goals” & “Vision”
1. Continuity with the past vs. Discontinuity
Vision is generally radically discontinuous with the past
Vision gives a compelling vision of a new tomorrow
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5 Differences Between “Goals” & “Vision”
2. S.A.M. vs. Potential
Goals focus on S.A.M. aims Specific, Attainable, Measurable ceilings
Vision identifies and fulfills potential Tends to have floors but no ceilings
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5 Differences Between “Goals” & “Vision”
3. “What I can do” vs. “What God can do”
“The visionary leader paints a picture of what the Lord is calling the church to be and to do.”
Schaller, p.141
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5 Differences Between “Goals” & “Vision”
4. Which rule book do you use?
The “goal-challenge” can usually work within the limitations of the local rule book
The visionary leader almost always has to either ignore that local rule book or introduce a radical revision of it
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5 Differences Between “Goals” & “Vision”
5. The Support Base is different.
With goals, the aim is broad-based support ideally 100% consensus
Visionaries need the enthusiastic support of 7-30 widely respected, future-oriented, influential and competent volunteers who become allies in enlisting support for the vision
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The Difference?
Goals: the light comes from people Humanly manufactured Committees
Vision: the light comes from God From deep prayer Calling
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How to Discover Vision
Pay attention, first and most, to the calling of God!
Then, consider 3 other angles: Culture/Community Clergy/Leaders Congregation
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God
Culture
Congregation
Clergy
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God
“Experiencing God” as a model for knowing and doing the will of God
“Watch where God is moving … and join God there!” Henry Blackaby
Adjusting to God rather than asking God to adjust to us
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“Experiencing God”
GOD
“You must make major adjustments in your life
to join God in what he is doing.”
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Clergy / Leaders
May render other considerations moot or paint them in a different light
In what “chapter” of ministry is your pastor? Key leaders? The church? At any given point, the pastor and church may
be in very different chapters of ministry
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Willingness of a Congregation to Follow a Change Initiative of the Pastor
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Years of Pastoral Tenure
High
Low
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Culture / Community
Who has God called you to reach?
Can we be clear and honest about our priority?
Look at the budget and church calendar to get the real story!
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Churched Non-Churched
Christian
Non-Christian
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Congregation
What would we do if we prayed and God granted it?
Is my church willing to act a different size? “next size up”
Am I willing to expand my view of the group life of the church? Multi-congregation/cell
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So, when a church has …
Received a clear calling from God …
Been clear and honest about who it is called to reach (culture) …
Been supple to adjust the life, style, and size of the church (congregation) …
Become clear about the chapter of ministry of key leaders (clergy) …
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Then ….
There can be vision!
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Finding God’s Vision for Your Church
Dr. John P. Chandler
The Ray and Ann Spence Network for Congregational Leadership
www.rasnet.org Copy right John P. Chandler, 2000