Our vision is all about making disciples at 180-degrees.  Of course you cannot make what you are not.  So that is the process....becoming and developing.  It is a call for the whole church to embrace.  The church that doesn't embrace it, becomes weak in the area that the whole body is not doing its part. 

Last week i was discussing Andy Stanley's thoughts on "Making Vision Stick".  This concept is a great one.  He gives us three things to remember when dealing with communicating vision:

Vision identifies a problem
Vision offers a solution
Vision compels others to act now

This Sunday at 180 we dealt with the vision and specifically the first of our 5 E's (equipping, edification, empowering leaders, evangelism, every member ministry).  Regarding the 180 vision and specifically one "E", equipping we shared with the church:

• The problem:  Spiritual Immaturity in Church
• The solution:  Effective Church Equipping
• Compelling Reason to Act Now:  The Church is sleeping the world is dying, Jesus is coming

The next hour was just explaining "how" we do this (move the church from spiritual maturity to maturity through the equipping process), and the vision itself is very simple.  I have been encouraged by Stanley to keep the vision simple so that others can understand it.  If they can't understand it, then they won't be doing it.  And oh, how the church needs to "grow up into Christ the head" Ephesians 4


Nice.




Stuart