Mark Chamberlain — Mar 9, 2023

Goal-setting combines two essential elements - long term vision and short-term motivation

Goal setting in churches is the delivery end of your Mission Action Plan. If you have prayed, listened to your community, brainstormed a small number of missional priorities - the final part of the process is to implement the priorities. This will mean breaking each of the priorities into actionable chunks and each will be a goal that can be planned for, resourced and implemented.

By setting sharp, clearly defined goals, you can measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals, and you'll see forward progress in church life in becoming a more mission-oriented church. In what may have seemed before as just 'going through the motions' of church life or 'maintaining the institution' you will now have a much stronger sense of direction, purpose and hope.

Find below some useful goal setting tips.