KHCofC Meeting 07102011

Why?

Why does the Church need a strategic plan?

Isn't the Great Commission enough?

1. Mission statement: the fundamental purpose

2. Situation analysis: examination of external and internal factors such as strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT)

3. Strategic Goals/Objectives: establishment of broad long-term goals

4. Strategy statement or action plan: an action plan with operational strategies to achieve the strategic goals

5. Tactics or short-term plans: specific tactics for day-to-day activities that further the pursuit of the goal

6. Evaluation/Measurement: assesses how individuals and groups are performing

How?

STAGE 1: Strategic Analysis

Carefully consider various driving forces in the environment,including various strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) influencing the congregation.

• Conduct community analysis, mini-surveys, focus groups
• Review survey data from 2010 - present
• Review past and current SWOT
• 2005 Strategic Plan revisited
• Key Challenges 2010 & 2011
• 3 lenses - risk/structure/resources
• Continuous improvement - proposed projects
• Discuss congregational readiness
• Plan for planning
• Define expectations and process for working within plan

STAGE 2: Setting Strategic Direction

Come to conclusions about what the congregation must do as a result of the major issues and opportunities facing us. These conclusions include what overall accomplishments (or strategic goals) the congregation should achieve, and the overall methods (or strategies) to achieve the accomplishments.

Primarily the responsibility of the Leadership Team

STAGE 3: Action Planning

Carefully laying out how the strategic goals will be accomplished. It often includes action plan with each strategic goal and specific tactics implemented to accomplish those goals.

Action planning also includes specifying responsibilities, budgets, and timelines with each objective, or who needs to do what and by when. It should also include methods to monitor and evaluate the plan, which includes knowing how the organization will know who has done what and by when.

• Assessing priorities based on the strategic goals set
• Assigning responsibility
• Building SMART/SMARTER goals
• Creating budgets
• Designing evaluation components and monitoring progress

When?

What should you be doing now?

• Be in prayer
• Send me any survey data you've collected in the last 24 months BY Wednesday, July 13
• Revisit the 2010 year-end ministry review
• Provide suggestions or HELP in the current survey process
• Expect to set up a phone or in-person conversation with me to discuss your part in the upcoming stages by July 20th

What?

3 Stages

1. Planning is biblical

2. Planning is wise

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed" (Proverbs 16:3)

“The plans of the diligent lead

to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty”

(Proverbs 21:5).

CHURCH STRATEGIC PLANNING

“A simple man believes

anything, but a prudent man gives thought

to his steps” (Proverbs 14:15).

“Suppose one of you wants to

build a tower. Will he not first sit down and

estimate the cost to see if he has enough

money to complete it?” (Luke 14:28).

Where do we want to go in the next 2 years?

How do we get there?

“The wisdom of the prudent is to give

thought to their ways” (Proverbs 14:8).

Components of a STRATEGIC PLAN:

Pay Attention! This is YOUR part

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