“So, what do you do?” “Where are you going?” This
book will focus on the “what,” the “why,” and the
“where” of your greatest expedition. These three
questions are closely connected in ministry. They are
also the questions that too many churches have lost
sight of over the years.
Pause now, and consider these questions from your
personal church experience. Think about a specific
church where you spent the most amount of time, a
church where you were very involved in the leadership
aspects of that ministry. Now record your answers to
these questions: What was it that church did? Why did
that church do what it did? Where was that church
going? Now imagine we were somehow able to gather
all of the other people who were in leadership in that
church you thought of a minute ago, along with all of
the other people in the congregation, and those in the
mission field around that church, and asked them also
to answer each of those same three questions. What
do you think those responses would look like? Mostly
the same? Lots of consistency, but with different
words and phrases? (Hallelujah!) Or do you think
everyone would have a different response to each of
the questions? Would many people not even be able to
answer the questions? That is much more likely in our
experience working with churches.
Unfortunately, too many people do not know what their
church does, why they do it, or where the ministry is
going. This may be the reason so many churches are
struggling today. So, let’s see what we can do to put you
and your church in a place where you can be fruitful
in your ministry!
