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Pastors, church leaders, students, and laypeople who want to become purposeful strategists will benefit from this revised and updated, this second edition. It moves beyond theory to offer practical steps for establishing distinct vision and mission statements. Worksheets and end-of-chapter questions will help readers understand how vision relates to four key ministry concepts and how their church...

A Vision Clarifies Direction A characteristic of far too many North American ministries in general and churches in particular is a lack of direction. They simply don’t know where they are going, and many have not even thought about it. In Leadership, George Barna wrote of pastors and vision that “only 2% could articulate the vision for their church.” He concludes, “… that’s one reason so many pastors are ineffective; they don’t know where they’re going.”1 If they do not know where they are going—
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