Managing Projects for Ministry

Session 1: Defining the Nature of Project Management

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c. A budget that limits the amount of people, supplies, and money that can be used to complete the project

C. What makes project management so useful in a ministry context?

1. Ministry involves numerous diverse tasks and responsibilities, each of which requires its own specific and unique strategies for accomplishment (e.g., an evangelistic outreach, a barbecue for teens, a couples retreat, a deacon’s training program).

2. There is a need to coordinate assorted kinds of team members, donors, and volunteers within a single plan or direction.

3. A shortage of resources demands that we pursue maximum efficiency: We possess scarce, limited resources which must be used strategically.

4. We must integrate our purposes, goals, and priorities in correlation to our daily schedule, activities, and initiatives.

5. Ministry culture is about integrating wholes to their parts : Effective ministry coordinates efforts by individuals with a wide range of giftedness and temperaments on specific, unique, opportunities for edification and multiplication.

D. Features of Project Management

1. A specific task, event, or responsibility to be accomplished with a definite beginning and end (i.e., a unique, temporary event)