strategic plan: decisions and
actions that shape and guide an organization while emphasizing
the future implications of present decisions. This plan
usually employs the S.W.O.T. analysis.
............. The NSFRE
Fund-raising Dictionary
The Strategic Plan is the foundation that
you build your entire ministry on.
Simply stated, Strategic Planning is a management
tool to help your ministry do a better job of serving the people God
calls you to serve. Strategic Planning can help a ministry focus
its vision and priorities, and ensure that the Board, Executive Team
and Staff are all working toward a common goal.
Several key concepts related to Strategic Planning
include:
• Mission, Vision &
Values - Why on earth are you on earth?
• What exactly do you do, why and for whom?
• What difference do you make and how do you
know?
• Where are you going with this ministry?
• What resources do you have and how do you plan
to use them?
• How much do we trust God to lead and provide?
• How will we communicate these ideas to our
constituents?
You can see from this list that it is the same as
a business plan, only with more meaning. You have eternal value and
reward at stake. How you run this ministry reflects on your
understanding of Scripture and your Organizational "spiritual
maturity."
