Planting Churches Among the City's Poor - Volume 2

208 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 2

8. Define STEWARDSHIP of our ministry’s resources as the process of authorizing our trusted and gifted people to freely deploy our goods in connection to our key operations and projects, consistent with their authority and duties, and our corporate fiscal year priorities and goals. 9. Promote innovation by allowing great flexibility in the SHAPE our enterprise takes, not only in the way our staff carry out their assignments, but by shifting managerial emphasis on the attainment of agreed-upon results done on time, within budget, and according to the project’s necessary standards of excellence. 10. Cultivate an atmosphere of free exchange of ideas, encouraging all staff to be on the lookout for new ways to enhance our ministry. Challenge each one to SUBMIT even their wildest ideas to the staff for consideration in order to attain new levels of excellence and achievement.