Aug 18, 2026 · 31 min · 8 segments
Every church says they have a vision. Very few have one their team can actually act on. And when vision is vague, people don't just drift... they fill in the gaps with their own. In this episode…
I remember I was on staff with my dad and my brother and we were kind of like just, I don't know, it was in the height of like Andy Stanley kind of with his books and like talking about vision and how important it is.
And he's like, I don't, what does that mean? Like, it was so frustrating that we were trying to pitch this idea of vision and And I don't know that I knew how to articulate it back then.
And I think a lot, I think that's where a lot of people struggle is like, how do you have a vision that actually is a vision? I feel like we all have, you know, statements.
Like we are a church that's to reach the lost or whatever, you know, like all these different statements, but like, what does an actual vision mean? So we break that down and break down ultimately how having a compelling vision leads to likability.
When you're talking about Andy's books, Goodreads, Making Vision Stick, Visioneering, all really good books.
If you've ever read books like that and you still feel the internal tension of not being able to land.
So I don't know if that is a relief to you because it's hard, right? It's like, what is it? And I think one thing I love about this chapter is we highlight Just because you're a leader with a vision doesn't mean that's actually what people want.
And it's like, how do you have a vision that people want to give their life to? When we think about the work that we're a part of, like, that's what we should want.
But the hard part is, how do you do that? So hopefully today you will finish at the end, encouraged and inspired with some practical ideas and tools that could either get you started or help you tighten up or maybe refresh
your your vision and that doesn't mean that you need to change the mission statement or vision statement at your church because the reality is i mean you know vision vision is is caught not taught right like there is a truth that whenever you lead forward with vision and you're able to articulate what you're trying to accomplish, people get it, people catch it, they see.
And that's kind of what we talk about at the end, the idea that one of the things that happens in a lot of organizations is that people tend to fill in their own vision when there's a lack of a clear vision.
So again, every church has the slogan, love God, love people, or reach in, reach out, reach up, right? Those are the three that every church has.
Nobody knows what to do with that, right? Like if I'm hired on staff as a worship leader, how does my job as a worship leader...
How does that, how does it accomplish that? So instead what I do is I kind of fill in my own vision and I do my own thing to, you know, I kind of create my own vision in my mind.
I would never articulate this, but like, Hey, a flawless worship service is what we need to do.
Or, you know, having a recording album, a recorded album every two years, like with our own songs, like you, you kind of start creating your own vision because there's no clear vision.
I remember I was on staff with my dad and my brother and we were kind of like just, I don't know, it was in the height of like Andy Stanley kind of with his books and like talking about vision and how important it is.
And he's like, I don't, what does that mean? Like, it was so frustrating that we were trying to pitch this idea of vision and And I don't know that I knew how to articulate it back then.
And I think a lot, I think that's where a lot of people struggle is like, how do you have a vision that actually is a vision? I feel like we all have, you know, statements.
Like we are a church that's to reach the lost or whatever, you know, like all these different statements, but like, what does an actual vision mean? So we break that down and break down ultimately how having a compelling vision leads to likability.
When you're talking about Andy's books, Goodreads, Making Vision Stick, Visioneering, all really good books.
If you've ever read books like that and you still feel the internal tension of not being able to land.
So I don't know if that is a relief to you because it's hard, right? It's like, what is it? And I think one thing I love about this chapter is we highlight Just because you're a leader with a vision doesn't mean that's actually what people want.
And it's like, how do you have a vision that people want to give their life to? When we think about the work that we're a part of, like, that's what we should want.
But the hard part is, how do you do that? So hopefully today you will finish at the end, encouraged and inspired with some practical ideas and tools that could either get you started or help you tighten up or maybe refresh
your your vision and that doesn't mean that you need to change the mission statement or vision statement at your church because the reality is i mean you know vision vision is is caught not taught right like there is a truth that whenever you lead forward with vision and you're able to articulate what you're trying to accomplish, people get it, people catch it, they see.
And that's kind of what we talk about at the end, the idea that one of the things that happens in a lot of organizations is that people tend to fill in their own vision when there's a lack of a clear vision.
So again, every church has the slogan, love God, love people, or reach in, reach out, reach up, right? Those are the three that every church has.
Nobody knows what to do with that, right? Like if I'm hired on staff as a worship leader, how does my job as a worship leader...
How does that, how does it accomplish that? So instead what I do is I kind of fill in my own vision and I do my own thing to, you know, I kind of create my own vision in my mind.
I would never articulate this, but like, Hey, a flawless worship service is what we need to do.
Or, you know, having a recording album, a recorded album every two years, like with our own songs, like you, you kind of start creating your own vision because there's no clear vision.
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