1. THE MISSION OF GOD
Les Welk
Network Leader

3. Losing Focus

4. As church leaders, we need to correctly understand, safeguard, and maintain focus upon our God-given mission

5. “external focus” vs. “internal focus”
“leadership for results begins outside, not inside the organization.”
“macro vs. micro”

7. 97% of the world has heard of Coke
72% have seen a bottle or a can of Coke
51% have tasted Coke

10. Failure to recognize a compelling, outward focus as a key to church health and leadership typically results in what I would refer to as…
“mission confusion”

12. When pastors and boards take an external/macro approach to church leadership, it will lead to the inevitable discovery of a common, overarching mission
“The Mission of God”

13. “I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you. You will be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new. I will put my dwelling place among you and be your God, and you will be my people.” Lev. 26:9-12

14. I will dwell in your midst
I will be your God
You will be my people
I will dwell in your midst
Lev. 26:9-12

15. Being missional has less to do with “how,” and more to do with “why”

16. How are you doing as a Church at “keeping the mission the main thing?”
The Mission of God
How are you doing as a Church at “keeping the mission the main thing?”