Leadership requires vision, but to accomplish that vision there has to be a proven strategy in place. A great strategy can turn into a “play” that you run over and over because it produces the results you’re looking for. For Milestone Church, here are a few defining thoughts our team has leaned into when we evaluate our current strategies.
A lot of what we do as leaders is defining the win. When the target is hit, we celebrate it. When we determine the play we want to run, we’re also determining what we don’t want to do. Defining the win is huge because we have a tendency to drift. So as a leader, what you say “no” to is just as important as what you say “yes” to.
Great strategies aren't meant to be a secret - it’s something you communicate from the platform, in small groups, at your membership class, in the lobby, and in every ministry. This is how a church moves from a mob to a group of people who are on mission.
Take the time to build clear plays that build people and build the church, then run those plays over and over. You will look up one day and find that there is an army of people building around you.