Discovering the Minimum Factor
Steve Hoke, Church Resource Ministries
The
Minimum Factor
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The barrel
represents a qualitative paradigm for measuring your current situation and
possible missions ministry needs.
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The shortest stave illustrates why the minimum factor
plays such a central role in growth and strategic planning: The shortest stave
determines how
much water (quantity) the barrel can hold?
§ What effect would lengthening the other staves (areas
of strength)
have on the barrel’s capacity to retain water (growth)?
§ What is one implication of this insight for your
ministry planning?
§ What would be the effect of increasing the length of
the
shortest stave (area of weakness)? It
increases capacity.
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How can you apply
this insight to your ministry planning?
How
missions-active is your church?
§ Use the profile to rate each dynamic in your church’s
present ministry: 1 low, 10 high
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Missions Dynamic |
Your Ranking |
Leaders Ranking |
Priority for Work |
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1. World vision of your senior pastor |
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2. Spiritual maturity & vitality of the people |
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3. Leadership team |
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4. Values & vision |
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5. Organizational structure & functions |
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6. Missions education |
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7. Cross-cultural involvement |
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8. Prayer & global intercession |
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9. Balanced philosophy of ministry |
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10. Strategy |
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11. Individual giving to world evangelization |
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12. Strategically balanced budget plan |
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How
missions-active is your church?
§ Where is your church’s missions
ministry strong and what can you celebrate?
§ What is your minimum factor?
§ Two approaches forward:
1. Work on your minimum factor, or
2. Continue to build on your other strengths
Steve Hoke, Church Resource Ministries