Last week, in the second of this four-part series, I shared the first Advanced Strategic Concept, “Kaizen”.  (A strategic concept can be thought of as a “force multiplier” for church growth and health.)

Advanced Strategic Concept #2: “Scenario Planning”

Definition: Develop a written scenario action plan for the key potentialities that could impact your church or life. For example, you could develop this for future attendance at your church, your future budget, or your future staff process.

Getting Started: Ask yourself powerful planning questions. Where will we be in six months? One year? Three years? Five?

Scenario Planning Basics:

• Every minute spent in planning saves you 10 to 60 minutes in implementation.
• The 6 P’s of Planning: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
• Plan in the peacetime, because it’s hard to think clearly during wartime.

Click here to read the first installment.

Click here to read the second installment.

Join me next week for the conclusion of this four-part series when I share a Key Related Law.

Your partner in ministry,

Nelson

P.S. – To learn more on Strategic Concepts, click here to check out my resource on the subject.

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About Nelson Searcy

Nelson Searcy is an experienced church growth strategist, pastor, church planter and coach, consulting with churches around the world. As founder of Church Leader Insights and the Renegade Pastors Network, he has personally trained more than 3,500 church leaders in over 45 denominations through live events, seminars and monthly coaching. Nelson is also the Founding and Lead Pastor of The Journey Church, with locations across New York City and in Boca Raton, FL. Nelson and his church routinely appear on lists such as “The 50 Most Influential Churches” and “The 25 Most Innovative Leaders.” He is the author of over 100 church growth resources and 18+ books, including The Renegade Pastor: Abandoning Average in Your Life, Ministry and The Difference Maker: Using Your Everyday Life for Eternal Impact, and At the Cross with the People Who Were There. He and his wife, Kelley, have one son, Alexander.