Top 6 Pre-Vision Process Questions
- What vision has preceded us in this church’s history?
- What are our five-year trends?
- What is our current state?
- What is happening around us including other churches?
- From what do our current members base their identity?
- Why is imaginative discovery of vision rare today?
Top 6 Vision Process Questions
- What are the functions of the various leadership levels and congregation in the process?
- If we need a vision or planning group, who will make-up the team?
- Who will assess, ascertain, articulate the vision?
- Will there be a formal process to affirm or approve the vision?
- Who will facilitate the process?
- What is our process model and related vision framework?
Top 6 Vision Questions
- What can we do better than 10,000 other churches?
- What are we ultimately supposed to be doing? (mission as missional mandate)
- Why do we do what we do? (values as missional motives)
- How do we do what we do? (strategy as missional map)
- When are we successful? (measures as missional life-marks)
- Where is God taking us? (vision proper as missional mountaintop + milestones)
Top 6 Vision Rollout Questions
- How will be build internal awareness of the new vision?
- How do we create understanding and appreciation of the new vision at every level?
- What common questions will need to be answered when the new vision is communicated?
- What tools and resources need to be in place when the new vision is communicated?
- How do we create urgency when rolling out the new vision?
- How will we remind people that this is God’s vision?
Top 6 Vision Integration Questions
- Who is ultimately responsible for aligning and advancing the vision?
- How will the vision be integrated into developing leadership?
- How will the vision be integrated into intentional communication?
- How will the vision be integrated into duplicatable processes?
- How will the vision be integrated into compelling environments?
- How will the vision be integrated into conscious culture?
Top 6 Questions for Individual Engagement with the Vision
- What do you like best about the vision?
- What does the vision mean to you?
- What questions do you have about the implications of the vision?
- Would you have any hesitation enthusiastically embracing the vision?
- What ideas do you have toward the realization of the vision?
- Will you give yourself to the vision with us?
