If you cannot visualize how your ministry is supposed to look like how can you boldly ask God for big things that will lead to significant transformation?

The stock answer to the question “What would it look like for God to powerfully show up in our ministry?” is “more people and the current people doing bigger things for God.” We should have specific and detailed answers to that question.

I love this video from Lamborghini advertising their “Aventador,” because it reveals the specific details that create an amazing automobile.

In order to properly visualize what your ministry is supposed to look like these elements must be present:

• A clear biblical calling rooted in a specific passage(s) of Scripture

• Significant time spent with your team talking about passions, frustrations, challenges, and current realities (for your ministry and for the place you are seeking to reach)

• An understanding of what you specifically bring as a leader and your ministry’s distinctives (mission, vision, values) applied cont...

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“One of the things I always do is study the object, and thinking about what is the object that we are bringing to life.” –John Lasseter

I found this short interview between Charlie Rose and John Lasseter fascinating and insightful. Lasseter created ‘Toy Story’ and ‘Cars;’ here he talks about the process of bringing animated characters to life.

There are so many things to do in ministry. Yet what I find most difficult is being the ministry to which God has called me. Do you spend time thinking about the dream that God has called you to bring to life? Or are you more concerned about measuring up to the ministry’s around you or that have influenced you?

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Failure lets you move on, mediocrity stalls you and keeps you from reaching your potential.”–Dharmesh Shah from a recent post ‘Failure is Not the Worst Option.’

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“I saw the statue inside.”–Michelangelo

If you have or are thinking of starting a ministry this video will seriously encourage you. Especially if you have a vision for your ministry that most people do not yet “get.”

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When evaluating your ministry structure the conversation has a gravitational pull towards addition, not subtraction.

However pruning/curating/streamlining your ministry structure by taking things out and/or grouping things together offers a huge opportunity for significant growth and increased effectiveness.

Are there any ministry teams that overlap more than 30% in function? Sometimes there is a team tasked toward community and a team tasked toward events. These could be combined and restructured so that the leadership roles is expanded and the commitments are raised, providing new growth opportunities for current leaders.

Is there a team that has served it’s purpose and needs to end? So often contexts demand a short-term, highly focused solution. I think of an evangelism team–you certainly do not want to segment evangelism to a specific group of people, but often times you need to create momentum and energy for evangelism, and a team is a great solution for that. ...

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