We offer a guided, team-based process for discerning direction, aligning leadership, and stewarding clarity together.
Inspiring vision is not manufactured or downloaded from outside expertise. It is discerned from what God is already doing in and through your ministry.
Many churches and nonprofits feel pressure to move forward, to make decisions, launch initiatives, or solve problems before they’ve taken time to slow down and gain shared clarity.
Without clarity, even well-intended plans can create confusion, misalignment, and fatigue among leaders and teams.
Vision Planning creates intentional space to listen, discern, and name what truly matters before decisions are made. When leaders share clarity around purpose, priorities, and measures of success, direction becomes steadier, alignment deepens, and progress is sustained rather than forced.
Vision Planning: Clarity Before Direction
Why Clarity Comes First
Questions Worth Asking
“Are we moving forward in an intentional, strategic way?”
“Are we clear enough to move forward together?”
“Do our leaders share the same understanding of what matters most?”
“Are we responding to God’s leading, or simply reacting to circumstances?”
“What clarity do we need before taking our next step?”
Vision Planning Pathways
We are guided by the Auxano vision planning processes tested by thousands of churches and nonprofits.
Chris Rodgers is Certified in Auxano’s Vision Framing, Vision Planning, and Vision Leading.
Vision Framing
Clarifying Your Unique Identity and Calling
What makes your organization unique?
What do you do best?
Mission, Values & Strategy Alignment:
What is God calling you to do that aligns with your unique purpose?
What’s your mission mandate?
What are your culture-shaping convictions?
What filters drive decision-making?
What strategic environments do you engage that align with your mandate for mission?
Do your desired outcomes align with mission, values and strategy?
Vision Planning
Where is God taking us?
Do you have clarity on direction for your organization?
Do you have big dreams, large inspirational goals?
Do you have a plan for achieving those dreams & goals?
How were your goals determined?
Vision should never be generic; it should be inspired by and fully aligned with your organization’s unique calling and purpose for advancing your mission.
Vision Planning includes the development of long-range inspirational goals and shorter-term strategic goals to help vision move forward.
“What if we do all this work and nothing really changes?”
Vision Leading
Leading and implementing the Vision Frame brings life to all the hard work.
Integrating the Vision Frame into the rhythm of the weekly whirlwind requires intentionality.
We help you integrate with coaching and tools that dive into: leading change, aligning vision with established practices, intentional communication, leadership pipelines, etc.
You can move your vision forward.
You can get the right people doing the right things.
You can work as a team.
You can produce measurable results that advance your vision goals.
You can align your team toward a common purpose.
OPERATIONAL READINESS
Before, or after, Vision Framing and Planning, you may have operational and structural matters that need work.
We bring experience and know-how to help you solve important and foundational issues so that your mission and vision can move forward.
Facilities, Operations & Risk Guidance
Facility planning and future space needs
HR and staffing challenges
Insurance, safety and security considerations
Leadership, Governance & Team Support
Governance review & decision-making
Policies, processes and ministry systems