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Advanced Strategic Planning a New Model

In a sentence

A comprehensive guide for church leaders to reverse decline by implementing a visionary strategic planning process that creates a unique, effective ministry model to fulfill the Great Commission.

This book addresses the widespread decline in North American churches by introducing a visionary strategic planning process designed to help church leaders navigate cultural "megachange." Arguing that conventional, incremental planning is obsolete, author Aubrey Malphurs presents the "sigmoid curve" concept to explain the natural life cycle of organizations and provides a framework for churches to proactively start new growth curves through church planting, growth, or revitalization. The book offers a step-by-step guide for leaders and their teams to discover their church's core values, develop a compelling mission and vision, and create a five-part strategy covering community outreach, disciple-making, team building, ministry setting, and finances, ultimately equipping them to implement and evaluate a unique ministry model that effectively accomplishes the Great Commission in their specific context.

The four lenses

Science
Statistics
Systems
Strategy

The model

This causal model, derived from Malphurs' 'Advanced Strategic Planning,' illustrates how a church leadership's adoption and execution of a comprehensive strategic planning process, supported by leadership commitment and a spiritual foundation, fosters organizational clarity, alignment, and mobilization, which in turn produce the ultimate outcomes of ministry effectiveness and sustainable church growth.

Leadership Commitmentcontextual condition

The degree of dedicated support and sustained engagement from the senior pastor and governing board for the entire strategic planning process and its outcomes. It is a critical prerequisite for initiating and sustaining the effort.

Spiritual Foundationcontextual condition

The state of spiritual readiness and renewal within the church's leadership and congregation, which creates a receptive and God-honoring environment for the strategic planning effort. This includes corporate and personal spiritual health.

Strategic Planning Processdesign lever

The comprehensive, ongoing envisioning process a church's leadership team uses to design and redesign a ministry model that accomplishes the Great Commission. It is a set of structured activities intended to create a coherent strategy.

Organizational Claritypsychological state

The degree to which a shared, coherent, and compelling understanding of the church's identity (values), purpose (mission), future direction (vision), and operational plan (strategy) exists among its members.

Congregational Alignmentbehavioral pattern

The extent to which the church's members, ministries, programs, and resources are unified and oriented toward the same strategic direction, creating synergy and reducing internal friction.

Congregational Mobilizationbehavioral pattern

The degree to which the congregation is actively and effectively engaged in the work of the ministry, utilizing their unique God-given designs, rather than being passive consumers.

Ministry Effectivenessoutcome metric

The successful accomplishment of the church's God-given mission to 'make and mature disciples' (the Great Commission), which is the primary measure of success.

Church Growthoutcome metric

The quantifiable increase in the church's size and reach, representing the initiation of a new 'S-curve' that moves the organization off a plateau or out of decline.

How they connect

leadership commitment → influences strategic planning process
spiritual foundation → influences strategic planning process
strategic planning process → predicts organizational clarity
strategic planning process → predicts congregational alignment
strategic planning process → predicts congregational mobilization
organizational clarity → predicts ministry effectiveness
congregational alignment → predicts ministry effectiveness
congregational mobilization → predicts ministry effectiveness
ministry effectiveness → predicts church growth

The story

The reader A pastor or church leader who is passionate about their ministry and wants their church to grow and make a significant impact, but finds their church stagnating or declining and feels frustrated, discouraged, and unsure how to lead through overwhelming cultural change.

External problem

The church has plateaued or is in decline. Traditional methods are no longer effective, attendance is stagnant or shrinking, and the church feels increasingly irrelevant to the surrounding community.

Internal problem

The leader feels frustrated, overwhelmed, and perhaps incompetent or discouraged. They fear failure, feel the weight of responsibility, and are uncertain about how to lead their church into a healthy future.

Philosophical problem

It's just plain wrong for Christ's church, the hope of the world, to be ineffective and dying when it's meant to be a vibrant, growing force for redemption.

The plan

Prepare to Sail!: Assess your ministry's readiness for change and lay a strong spiritual foundation.
Set the Course!: Follow a step-by-step process to discover your core values, develop your mission and vision, and create a five-part ministry strategy.
Launch the Boat!: Learn how to effectively implement the strategic plan and evaluate your ministry's progress.

Success

The church moves off its plateau and begins a new curve of healthy, sustainable growth.
The congregation becomes unified, energized, and mobilized for ministry, with everyone clear on their identity and direction.
The church becomes a relevant, life-changing force in its community, effectively making and maturing disciples.
The leader feels confident, hopeful, and equipped to lead effectively into the future.

At stake

The church continues its decline, eventually becoming irrelevant and possibly closing its doors.
The congregation remains divided, discouraged, and complacent.
The leader burns out from frustration and the feeling of ineffectiveness.
The church fails to fulfill its Great Commission mandate in its community.

Questions this book answers

Why are so many North American churches plateaued or in decline?
How can churches navigate the 'megachange' from modernism to postmodernism?
What is the 'sigmoid curve' and how does it apply to the life cycle of a church?
How can a church start a new growth curve to avoid decline?
What is visionary strategic planning and how does it differ from conventional long-range planning?

Glossary

Leadership Commitment: The degree of dedicated support and sustained engagement from the senior pastor and governing board for the entire strategic planning process and its outcomes. It is a critical prerequisite for initiating and sustaining the effort.
Spiritual Foundation: The state of spiritual readiness and renewal within the church's leadership and congregation, which creates a receptive and God-honoring environment for the strategic planning effort. This includes corporate and personal spiritual health.
Strategic Planning Process: The comprehensive, ongoing envisioning process a church's leadership team uses to design and redesign a ministry model that accomplishes the Great Commission. It is a set of structured activities intended to create a coherent strategy.
Organizational Clarity: The degree to which a shared, coherent, and compelling understanding of the church's identity (values), purpose (mission), future direction (vision), and operational plan (strategy) exists among its members.
Congregational Alignment: The extent to which the church's members, ministries, programs, and resources are unified and oriented toward the same strategic direction, creating synergy and reducing internal friction.
Congregational Mobilization: The degree to which the congregation is actively and effectively engaged in the work of the ministry, utilizing their unique God-given designs, rather than being passive consumers.
Ministry Effectiveness: The successful accomplishment of the church's God-given mission to 'make and mature disciples' (the Great Commission), which is the primary measure of success.
Church Growth: The quantifiable increase in the church's size and reach, representing the initiation of a new 'S-curve' that moves the organization off a plateau or out of decline.

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