Ministry @ the Max: prayer
First day of Ministry @ the Max was just that…sooooooo much information. There was a lot of good information. A lot to digest. A lot to dig through. It was pretty much the opposite of the Q conference last month which centered around big ideas, future thinking, innovation, creativity, etc. This was more of the nuts and bolts of how to make all that happen. (In other words, all the stuff I’m not good at). Let me give a brief overview:
-85% of start-up businesses (and ministiries) fail within the first five years because of inadequate planning, structure, and systems.
How do we not become a statistic?
Ministry Venture’s 5 Best Practices are a step.
1. Prayer
God is a God of order.
“Putting things in order is Wise and faithful stewardship”
That is a very convicting statement for us dreamers, visionaries, idea guys, and big thinkers. Have to work on that.
3 Biblical Principles:
1. Build on a solid foundation of prayerful planning.
2. Build a ministry that can withstand adversity.
3. Build around process and not personality.
