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    10 Advantages of Doing Ministry Without a Ministry Strategy

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  • You give the loudest person the opportunity to decide what happens at your church.
  • Sharp leaders who are accustomed to serving in organizations with clearly defined plans for future growth won?t stick around your church. That means more ministry for you!
  • You?ll get to hone your debating skills as people argue about what to do next.
  • More meetings! Where there's no strategy, the meetings flourish.
  • Some people call them church splits. We like to call them church plants. More mother churches!
  • You don?t have to worry about celebrating success, because no one even knows what success looks like. It?s just better to keep that a secret.
  • Rather than trying to discern God?s will for your ministry, you can just rely on dumb luck.
  • You don?t have to pray as much, because there's nothing to pray for. As an added bonus, that means you don?t have to develop as much faith either?whatever happens?happens.
  • You can count your offerings a lot faster, because people will save their financial gifts for organizations that actually have a plan for the money they receive.
  • Your lack of ministry strategy, which is a ministry strategy, will do just fine in Nothing, Arizona.

  • Some frown on strategy... it's a term that's used in business much more than the church.  But strategy is nothing more than a plan... a plan as to how you are best going to accomplish the mission God has for your church.  A good plan and strategy for your ministry will make the difference as you communicate truth!

    Right on, Tony!  And I appreciate the way that you have strategically planned your ministry to be the most effective at Granger, while always keeping God's Word and Jesus foremost.

    FOR DISCUSSION:  What would you add to Tony's list.  Does your church have a strategic plan/strategy for how it will carry out its ministry?  Please share your thoughts in this area...

    Tony Morgan is on the senior management team at Granger Community Church in Granger, IN.  Tony’s a sharp guy… and I was really excited when I read his list of the top ten advantages of doing ministry without a ministry strategy.  Here they are…

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    1. Blair Frodelius on Thu, June 09, 2005

      A strategy at the beginning of any program or ministry is an excellent idea.  However, I have seen way too many churches get bogged down by making their strategies their “mission statement”.  We must be willing to have failures, to experiment, to try new things, to think outside of the box.  The more detailed of a plan you have, the more you are free to deviate from it and let God be the ultimate guide.

    2. bernie dehler on Thu, June 09, 2005

      My ministry is really new, and I’m in the planning stage.  It’s lots of fun and exciting… It’s tempting to rush into the actual work, but once you decide to brake and plan, you can get into it.  It’s hard to plan in the midst of heavy-duty work, so it’s good to put work on hold, somewhat, to plan effectively.

      ...Bernie


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    3. Richard on Mon, June 13, 2005

      Quick…WITHOUT LOOKING…tell me YOUR church strategy…bet most of you can’t!

    4. Tony Myles on Thu, August 14, 2008

      Hmm… you’d lose that bet with me.

      My ministry strategy is to please the heart of the Lord. 


      I find that this is quite a churchy-answer, and it puts me into the camp of “one of those” who allegedly don’t get goal setting.


      Don’t label me - reconsider your answer and how it stands up.


      I am finding more and more than leadership conferences and summits are attempting to make more Type-A leaders than allow for both Type-A and Type-B to both be accepted.

       

      Both are needed.


      I’m essentially a Type-B who was saved in a Type-A led church.  And so I’ve learned to use the lessons of the Type-A folks, but a few years ago I discovered that there is a difference between filtering ministry through goals you’ve prayed through and developed, versus filtering ministry through prayer, even in spite of those goals.


      I wonder how each of us are or aren’t fleshing out that difference.

       

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