I am high on self evaluation and evaluation of your ministry. Recently, I did an article for the Lifeway Young Adult Blog about determining the health of a ministry. It is sort of like taking a complete personal physical. Some prefer to to not take an exam for fear of what they might find out. But, the problem with the "ignorance is bliss" method is that treatable issues and problems when ignored can progress to the of no good options.
Here are some suggestions for an exam of your ministry. Which one best describes your ministry?
THRIVING - The ministry is growing and there is a real sense of a movement of God in the midst of what we are doing. It is not perfect, but the positives far outweigh the concerns.
STABLE - While we are not experiencing any major growth, we continue to see good things happening in the students connected to our ministry. There are some concerns but not anything that we feel we cannot manage or address at this point.
STRUGGLING - It seems there is way more work and effort going into the ministry with little that seems to come back in return. If we are honest and look at numbers, we are in a state of decline and have been for a while. There is more negative than positive.
ON OUR DEATH BED - It is just continuing to exist out of habit. There is no joy in the ministry and the few that are involved seem to have no interest or desire to see it revive. They are just keeping "the death watch".
So, where are you and your ministry? Maybe, you might say we are somewhere between STRUGGLING and STABLE. You can see progress. OR, perhaps you might say, "I see us moving from STABLE to STRUGGLING. The sooner we are honest about where we are; the soon we can begin to take specific steps to address it.
"Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with SOBER JUDGEMENT." Romans 12:3b
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