Pondering

Lovett Weems has five questions for focusing a church Mission...

1) Who are we?

2) We exist so that...

3) Who are the people?

4) Who are OUR people?

5) Given our identity and context, what is God's vision for the near future?

Earlier in the day I had been pondering something similar....

How we should do this 

   ...needs to become...

What I got out of this

   ...needs to become...

Why to do this

   ...needs to become...

What God wants from us

   ...needs to become...

What does the world need

   ...needs to become...

How do we do THAT?

I see this as the development from MY WAY, to OUR CORE VALUES, to THE VISION, and finally to THE MISSION.

I have taken to asking this in the context of the church as a way to bring the HOPES OF THE ORGANIZATION into conversation with THE ASSETS OF THE ORGANIZATION and THE NEEDS OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY to clarify a TRUE VISION