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The International Offices of the Church of God of Prophecy has made a commitment among the members of the Administrative Committee and the General Presbyters that we will work annually through the values, vision, and mission to plan strategically. Our desire is that all of our resources would be focused effectively toward these central callings so that little or nothing is wasted on lesser activities. We believe these things are from the heart of God’s will for this Movement, and we want to commit to them through strategic planning each year.
It is the intention of the leaders at the International Offices that we will return from the 96th Assembly to follow through with the stages of our strategic planning that remain—setting goals and objectives, designing strategies, choosing what to measure, and naming benchmarks to help us determine our progress. In the months to come, we aim to involve each ministry and service area of the International Offices in this process at some level so that we can effectively do what we feel is most vital as God’s call to us. We are excited to believe that our efforts will use resources more effectively, and our ministries will bless this family of ministries as we work to attain our callings.
We, the leadership of the Church of God of Prophecy, challenge continental areas, nations, regions, states, and local churches to join us in embracing our common values of prayer, harvest, and leadership development. We invite leaders on every level to align your ministries and efforts toward these values and our God-given vision and mission. We invite leaders to pray through these pages and to reflect about their own local ministry context. We believe God will inspire leaders at all levels to begin to think seriously and strategically about their own ministry moving with us at the International Offices to become more missional and intentional.
The diagram above (click here to download) shows the beginning of the process of strategic planning. There, you will find the values, vision, and mission. At the International Offices, we will be prayerfully and strategically filling out the columns from the middle toward the rightside of the page with goals, strategies, and more for ministry. This chart is a simple guide to walk along a strategic planning path. It may be that you as a leader will feel impressed to begin to walk the ministries of your leadership through these steps as well.
The passion for us, as General Presbyters and leaders, has been a motivation from God to help bring our work into focus with the Core Values, Vision, and Mission, which we know God has spoken into our hearts. We also feel it is our responsibility as leaders to share these values with you so that you may be challenged to align the ministry of your leadership with these calls also. Just as God called this entire Movement, as well as many others, back in 1994 to “Turn to the Harvest,” we believe God is calling us to embrace these three values and make them the priority of all of our work.
