BETTER BEFORE BIGGER

MAKE IT BETTER!!!•CLARIFICATION• DEFINING THE WIN!• EMBODIED IN OUR MISSION•"TO REACH THE LOST FOR CHRIST AND LEAD THEM TO BECOME WHOLEHEARTED CHRIST FOLLOWERS"

MAKE IT BETTER!!!•CLARIFICATION• EVERYONE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO.• YOU REACH A GOAL, BUT YOU EXPERIENCE A WIN.• CREATE A ONE SENTENCE JOB DESCRIPTION.

MAKE IT BETTER!!!•EVALUATION• EVALUATION IS NO BETTER THAN THE STANDARD AGAINST WHICH YOU ARE EVALUATING.• ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS WORTH EVALUATING. (THE IT)• EVALUATE WHAT DID WORK. (MAKING IT BETTER)

MAKE IT BETTER!!!•EVALUATION•RIGHT IS NOT THE GOAL, BETTER IS THE GOAL.•EVALUATION NEEDS TO BE UNFILTERED.

MAKE IT BETTER!!!

• IF YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT IT YOU CAN’T MAKE IT BETTER, IF YOU CAN’T CRITICIZE IT YOU CAN’T MAKE IT BETTER! EXPERIENCE DOESN’T MAKE YOU BETTER, ONLY EVALUATED EXPERIENCE MAKES YOU BETTER. EXPERIENCE JUST CREATES A RUT.

– HOWARD HENDRICKS

MAKE IT BETTER!!!•MOMENTUM

WE ARE ONE DUMB DECISION AWAY FROM UNDERMINING OUR OWN SUCCESS

MAKE IT BETTER!!!• CRUCIAL QUESTIONS:• ARE WE MOVING OR SIMPLY MEETING?• ARE WE MAKING A MEASURABLE DIFFERENCE

IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES OR SIMPLY CONDUCTING SERVICES?• ARE WE ORGANIZED AROUND A MISSION OR

ARE WE ORGANIZED AROUND AN ANTIQUATED MINISTRY MODEL INHERITED FROM A PREVIOUS GENERATION?

MAKE IT BETTER!!!• ARE WE ALLOCATING RESOURCES AS IF JESUS

IS THE HOPE OF THE WORLD OR ARE THE SQUEAKY WHEELS OF CHURCH CULTURE DRIVING OUR BUDGETING DECISIONS?• ARE WE EKKLESIA OR HAVE WE SETTLED FOR KIRCHE?

BETTER IS THE GOAL