Today I was reading an entry in Tom Rhoade’s Blog called 5 vital signs of healthy leadership and I was really hit hard by some of the comments made about the vision a leader projects. Since I’ve been in college, having a great vision for my ministry has been something that is very important to me. When I have a vision of what I want something to be or where I want it to go, it fuels my passion for that vision, and hopefully I will follow that up with pouring my passion into the people around me and enlisting them to work towards the overall vision. But it’s not always that easy.
I think the NUMBER ONE problem in churches today is that our ministers are poor communicators of their visions. And though that might seem to be a negative statement, and it is in one way, it actually is positive. This is due to the fact that most ministers actually have a great vision for their ministry, but they don’t know to relate it their church body or their staff if they are a senior leader.
Now, I’m in now way, shape, or form saying that I can do these things well because I find myself constantly struggling to keep my passion for my ministry alive, but I feel that many times we substitute good planning for passion. Ministers need to spur one another on to continue to be passionate about what we are doing, and how we are doing it. If we were to put some passion behind our visions and make sure our church’s know about both of those things, great things will happen.
# Mike on March 14th, 2007
Just the reminder that I needed today. Great thoughts!