Thematic Goals

One of the golden nuggets I took away from me this summer at Willow’s leadership summit was the introduction of the concept of Thematic Goals. In a nutshell a single, qualitative focus or rallying cry that is shared by the entire leadership team—and ultimately, by the entire organization-and that applies for only a specified period of time. The other important part of a Thematic Goal as it pertains to our church, is that it must go to support an excising priority of our church. The question is; why do it if it doesn’t go to help were we fell God is taking us.

We have just completed our fist thematic Goal for this year. It was decided by the leadership team to conduct a survey of our adults. The survey had questions that were directly connected to some common goals that we want to reach by 2010. The survey helped us as a team to know were we are at as a church in order to make adjustments for the future.

Here are some of the results.

Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior? 93 out of 94 said yes (99%)

Are you actively serving others at The Chapel? 57 out of 94 said yes 61%

Have you shared your testimony with a non-believer in the past six months? 51 out of said yes 54%

Do you read your bible? Daily - 26 (27%) Weekly - 30 (31%) Sometimes 35 (36%) Never - 6 (5%)

Have you participated in any outreach events in the past two years? 54 our of 94 said yes 57%

Even though these are some good numbers compared to other similar groups, we need to improve. Over the next few weeks, I would like to write about what this survey is saying and were we can improve in the key area’s at The Chapel.

So, until next week . . ..keep Loving God and Loving Others.