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Strategic planning is the process churches of all sizes use to turn their God-inspired visions into realities. Strategic planning bridges the gap between where you are and where God would have you go.
A strategy is the process that determines how your ministry will accomplish its mission and vision. Mission and vision of the church answer the what questions: what are we supposed to be doing? What kind of church would God have us be? Strategy answers the how questions: how to do what we are supposed to do.
Developing your strategy will include five (5) key steps. These include:
- Define your current Critical Success Factors—What are the few strategic areas on which it is critical to focus at this stage to accomplish your mission and vision?
- Determine your Measurements—How will you measure progress in each of the critical success factors you have defined?
- Identify your Church-Wide Objectives— Based on how you have determined you will measure progress, what is one far-reaching church-wide initiative that will insure progress in each critical area?
- Identify your Shared Goals—In what specific activity could your entire church participate to accomplish each church-wide objective?
- Develop Ministry Area Plans—What specific plans can each ministry leader and team implement to contribute to the accomplishment of the shared goals of the church?
Attached below you will find a link to the implementation tasks for each of the five steps. These implementation tasks are to be used with the five training videos on Strategic Planning for your Church:
- Introduction to Strategic Planning and Critical Success Factors
- Determining Your Measurements
- Identifying Your Church-Wide Objectives
- Identifying Your Shared Goals
- Developing Ministry Area Plans
 Implementation Tasks |
