SELECTING AND PREPARING THE VISION TEAM- 12/5/07

2ND WIND pastors should be nearing completion of P3 - the Pastors Preparation Packet - at this point. One of the most important actions to be taken is the selection of the Vision Team. Vision Team responsibilities include:

Dicerning God's Vision for the Church
Developing Vision & Strategy
Directing the Church through the ReDevelopment Process
Determinining Evaluation & Accountability

Vision Team characteristics include:

Discerning
Visionary
Spiritually Mature
Respected

No one person might possess all of these characteristics, but each characteristic should be thoroughly reflected in the team as a whole. How the team is selected and who should participate in the selection process is up to pastors, church leaders, and both church and denominational polity. Each denomination, and perhaps each church, is slightly different, so there is no "one size fits all" approach to Vision Team selection.

Materials for preparing the Vision Team for the 2-Day Intensive will be mailed to each participating church at the beginning of next week. These materials - P2 The Vision Team Preparation Packet - are nearly identical to P3. Pastors are to lead their teams through P2 as a group, using the CDs that are part of P3. The Vision Team Preparation Packet does not include additional CDs. Ideally, Vision Teams will complete P2 in early 2008.

Questions or comments should be emailed to Ken Priddy at ken@unitedfrontministries.com or sent through this blog.