The Power of Vision: Discover and Apply God's Vision for Your Life and Ministry
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
When it comes to your ministry, whose plan are you following? Yours? The one devised by your board or a committee? Or are you following God's plan?
According to George Barna, uncovering God's vision for your ministry is not an option. It's essential. When you have a clear picture from God of where you are headed, you are much more likely to accomplish God's goals for building his kingdom and to experience a fulfilling journey along the way.
In this eminently practical book, Barna uncovers:
- how God has shared his vision throughout history
- how vision is different from mission
- common practices and beliefs that inhibit true vision
- actionable steps toward experiencing and carrying out God's unique vision
- and ways to share and promote congregational ownership of the vision
To minister with authenticity and authority, you must first clarify your vision, then make it the focus of your life's work and the heartbeat of your church. Ready to catch the vision?
- Seeks to maximize God's given potential to bless God and others
- Encourages readers to commit to doing God's work, His way
- Points to the need for believers to adopt God's vision for the ministry and the world
- Introduction: God's Vision for Your Ministry
- Masters of Vision
- What Is Vision
- Don't Confuse Vision with Missions
- Myths that Mar Vision
- Whose Vision Are You Following?
- Capturing God's Vision
- The Character of God's Vision
- Your Ministry Will Benefit
- Vision Killers
- Articulating the Vision
- The Trickle-Down Effect
- Count the Cost
- Capturing a Personal Vision
- Appendices
Top Highlights
“Vision for ministry is a clear mental image of a preferable future imparted by God to His chosen servants to advance His kingdom and is based on an accurate understanding of God, self, and circumstances. Consider the components of this definition.” (Page 28)
“The mission statement is a definition of the general ministry objectives of the church. The vision statement is a clarification of the specific direction and activities the church will pursue toward making a true ministry impact.” (Page 40)
“Vision is specific, detailed, customized, distinctive, and unique to a given church. It allows a leader to say no to opportunities, provides direction, empowers people for service, and facilitates productivity.” (Page 41)
“You might define vision as foresight with insight based on hindsight.” (Page 28)
“A mission statement is a broad description of who you wish to reach and what you hope to accomplish. The mission statement simply identifies your industry and your most basic activity.” (Page 40)
- Title: The Power of Vision: Discover and Apply God's Plan for Your Life and Ministry
- Author: George Barna
- Publisher: Baker
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Christian leadership
- ISBNs: 9781493414925, 9780801017391, 1493414925, 0801017394
- Resource ID: LLS:9781493414925
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-20T07:48:47Z
George Barna was raised and educated on the East Coast before moving to California in the early 1980s. He held executive positions in advertising, public policy, political campaigns, and media/marketing research before beginning his own company, the Barna Research Group (now The Barna Group), in 1984. To date, George Barna has written more than 40 books, predominantly in the areas of leadership, trends, spiritual development, and church health. Included among them are bestsellers such as Revolution, Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions, The Frog in the Kettle, The Power of Vision, and Pagan Christianity?