Pre-Launch should be a time of dreaming and strategy, vision and planning. Most planters are big on the dream and small on the details and implementation. That is how it should be, as most people who are ‘maintainers’ don’t have big enough dreams, or at least the moxie to go plant a church.
That being said, there is also harm in creating a plan and then not sticking to it, or switching plans every 6 months because you’ve come across a new idea or ministry model. The whole reason for coming up with a plan is to work it and see the fruit of your labor. There will be people in your congregation that need to administrate something or maintain a healthy system. Let them! Imagine the momentum that gets lost when you completely retool the factory just because you get bored with your original plan.
Mike Burns gives us some great insight on his blog into how to keep a strategic plan going and not let it “end up on a shelf collecting dust, beside other well-intentioned initiatives.”
Do the following:
- Make your planning process inclusive
- Make sure your plan is realistic, flexible, and complete
- Make a commitment to evaluation [maintain, maintain, maintain]
Don’t do the following:
- Do not develop your strategic plan during a crisis
- Do not set unrealistic objectives
- Do not assume that everyone knows what is expected of him/her
- Do not ram a plan down anyone’s throat
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