10 Power Principles on Church Strategy
#1 Programs don't attract people; people attract people (Aubrey Malphurs)#2 Think steps not programs; strategy makes the next step simple, easy, and obvious. (Andy Stanley)#3 Strategy is a[...]
Last night I spent hours with a Vision Pathway team at St. Luke's Methodist in Houston, refining, restating and refining further the articulation of strategy. It's a brutal process for leaders who engage it well and one of the most rewarding things about navigating with Auxano. Never stating and integrating a simple strategy is the greatest bottleneck for healthy churches.
I recently found this great video entitled, "Creating a Simple Strategy" by Dan Heath. I now use it in all of my strategy sessions and I know you'll enjoy it.