In my leadership conferences, pastors ask, "Do you have a vision for my church?" Many times they want me to give them a picture of where they should go and what their church should look like. When these pastors do this, I always feel bad.
Vision is something pastors and churches cannot afford to live without.
What people pray for will tell you more than anything else whether they are locked into the vision and priorities of the church.
When the pastor and his or her church have a vision, they will put their energy, time, money, and personnel into achieving it.
When we say Church of All Nations, it's a vision given to me, that the church will touch all the world.
Without a vision our community will perish without Christ, but without a vision the church will perish as well.
If churches would take ownership of a vision, the next pastor who is thinking about coming to that church can see what their vision is and then determine if their vision fits with his or her ministry. If it doesn't, then it would be wrong for that pastor to come to that church.
There are no small churches, just small people.
Why would God send people to our church if we don't have a great dream? Why would God give a multigifted, multitalented, and multifinancially wealthy person to a church if the biggest thing you are going to do is paint the restrooms next year? That's bad stewardship.
