Church PLANT Manual

Team Exercises: Prepare • 31

Exercise 2 Defining Values and Vision 1

Your team will need to clearly articulate the values and vision that guide your church.

Instructions Complete the Team Exercise: Defining Values/Vision. 1. Each team member should select and rank 7 values from the list below. 2. As a team discuss everyone’s list to brainstorm and determine the team’s core values. a. Which values does your team have in common? b. Are there values important to your team in addition to those listed? c. Create a list of 5 core values that will guide your church plant. 3. Develop your church vision statement based on your core values. a. Where do you see the church in 5 years? b. What would “success” look like? c. What differences should there be in your internal and external language?

1 Adapted from an Evangel School exercise in Ripe for Harvest , pp. 95-102.