Strategic Management for Churches

This module addresses the theological importance of church vision as the foundational component of strategic stewardship for churches. It examines how vision functions as an effective strategic management tool in secular organizations, unpacks a theology of church vision to illuminate how vision should be appropriated for the theological goals of the church, and delineates how pastoral leadership is crucial for a church's stewardship of vision.

This module examines church core values and culture as essential elements of strategic stewardship. It explores how core values represent who the church is, while church culture characterizes how things are done in the church. The module covers the organizational and theological importance of these elements and unpacks what pastoral leadership should entail for faithful stewardship of church core values and culture.

This module explores how church goals and objectives serve as means for realizing the church vision. It examines why and how goals and objectives are crucial for organizational vision, how they should be reappropriated for church strategic stewardship, and how pastoral leadership should approach them. The module positions goals and objectives as God's plan for how the church can achieve its vision in alignment with its core values and culture.

This module addresses church metrics as the final element of strategic stewardship. It explains how metrics are critical for monitoring progress toward achieving the church vision and gauging church health. Using a travel metaphor, the module positions metrics as the car's dashboard, consisting of navigation systems and gauges to monitor progress and health. It examines why metrics are critical for vision-based objectives, how they can be redeployed for church stewardship, and what this entails for pastoral leadership.