First, a vision answers the question, What are we going to do? It gives the ministry its direction; it announces to all where it is going. Christ has already given a vision to the church; it is the Great Commission. Core values answer the question, Why do we do what we do? They supply the reasons behind our vision, or what we do. While evangelism may be the vision of a parachurch ministry, it could be one of a church’s core values under the umbrella of the Great Commission vision. Second, an organization