No. 2 - Properly Communicate Your Vision
Once you have your vision, make sure that you remember to tell everyone else about it. Many pastors
and their respective visions have fallen by the wayside because they did not properly communicate
their plans to the board and/or the church. We worked with a church in Kansas that went through three
pastors during their project. The original pastor had the vision, but didn't effectively share it with the
church. Another church in Missouri experienced a different kind of problem caused by lack of
communication. The pastor was excited about the future project and he had done a good job of
motivating his board. They went through all of the steps in the process of developing their list of
needs and wants for the new building and selecting an architect. They then paid us thousands of dollars
to prepare a complete set of construction drawings for the building. There was only one problem: they
forgot to tell the congregation about it. When they presented the plans to the church, the people voted
it down. Oops! Don't forget to tell everyone else about your vision. Make every attempt to have UNITY
with the board and the congregation throughout all stages of your building program.
