A local church exists for ministry and mission.
It doesn’t exist to sustain programs or groupings that began with ministry and mission in mind, but which are no longer capable of achieving that purpose.
As 2013 comes to a conclusion and our thoughts turn to 2014 our planning for next year is not simply to pick up everything that was being done in 2013 and continue on.
Instead we have to be certain that what we’ve been doing is still a viable means to achieve our purpose.
Here are some questions to ask as planning for 2014 continues.
They’re from a post on the Engaging Church blog, based on work by Larry Osbourne.
What is it that drives me crazy?
What are we doing that makes absolutely no sense?
What processes and programs seem to take lots of work, but bear no fruit?
What traditions are we putting up with simply because it has always been done this way?
What is the one problem that if we could solve it, most of our other problems would go away?
What’s broken that seems to be unfixable?
What problems are we living with because everyone says, “That’s just the way it is”?
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