LEADERSHIP VISION

We trust that each of you is doing well as we head in to the Summer Season!  Our prayer is that you can look back and celebrate what God has done so far in 2012!  We continually are excited and amazed at what God is doing in our ministries during services, through Speed the Light, and in the ministry of each pastor and student that is a part of our fellowship. 

As we head in to the next few months of 2012, we want to encourage you to continue holding on to the vision God has given you and to encourage you in that.  Use this fresh look at VISION to help you focus on the rest of 2012, continue to shape and refine your vision, and to make the necessary shifts to allow you to continue to move forward.

Here are some thoughts to consider as you continue to move forward:

Your vision must be rooted in the eternal purposes of God.

This sounds simple for Christian leaders but is sometimes overlooked.  It can never rooted in one person.  If so, it will die with that person as they leave.  In ministry, we see this when transitions take place from one minister to another.  It is never about the leader who follows but rather what happened in the void of leadership that identifies where the priority of purpose rested.  Vision must be rooted in scripture based upon what God wants to accomplish.

Your vision must be able to pass down through generations.

It is not fulfilled in one generation but will be passed to the next generation coming up.  This also means that we have to expose young people to the vision from an early age.  The leadership challenge is, “is the next generation excited about entering your ministry?”  “Do you have the momentum that is attracting the next generation?”  This principle cause us to become intentional in how we train and expose the next generation to what is happening today.

Your vision must be comprehensive.

You will not understand the vision by one thing.  Your ministry may be about confronting culture, but there is more.  Your ministry may be about impacting families, but there is more.  It’s more than evangelism, prayer, discipleship, etc.  Your vision should be as big as God and as big

as scripture.  Anything less is not a God vision!

Your vision cannot be fulfilled by one person.

It is not one great leader.  It is not one great person in the church.  Vision  involves the body of Christ.  Vision takes all of us.  The size of your vision will determine the size of team needed to accomplish it.

As we begin the second half of 2012, we pray that God continues to give you vision and direction for your ministry!  We pray you have a great summer and that God gives you victories as we pursue His vision in Student Ministries throughout Northern California and Nevada!

ABE DANIEL

Student Ministries Director

NCN Student MInistries