Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

324 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 1

V. The Power of Vision to Shape Culture and Achievement: Connecting the Dots of TUMI’s Vision and Its Ongoing Operational Life and Mission

A. The power of vision

Prov. 29.18 (ESV) – Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.

1. To give our enterprise meaning and direction

2. To guide our decisions and determinations

3. To determine our investments

4. To coordinate our efforts

B. Principles of vision: our responsibility to “run with the vision”

1. We must articulate clearly to ourselves and others what God has called us to be and do.

2. We are to recruit the right people at the right time to accomplish the right tasks alongside our team as we seek to accomplish our vision.

3. We must constantly dialogue about the vision’s nature and significance.

4. We must apply ourselves in the most disciplined way to carry out our strategic initiatives and plans to accomplish our vision. 5. We must measure all we do according to the vision, and give one another feedback in how our efforts are helping and/or hindering our vision’s accomplishment.

6. We must develop the courage to reject, remove, or change anything we have been doing as it relates to the vision.

7. We must invest all our time, money, and energy in those things that will help us accomplish our vision.