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Checklist​​

☐​ Prepare  

Summarise how you prepared, prayed and began the journey of mission planning (you may include from your original plan if you are only “revising” this time) 

​​☐​ Gather  

Document what you gathered about your identity, context and purpose. Eg. What you do, who makes up your congregation, the resources you have, history, values. Demographics and data about your local neighbourhood and community, and how this helps you understand the nature of the community and how it affects the local church. 

​​☐​ Listen  

Share what you did during the mission planning process to hear the views of your congregation and the wider community about your future direction. Eg. details of survey results, insights from scripture, themes that emerged in prayer times and discussions.  

​​☐​ Visioning  

Summarise what goals emerged for future mission and how these were shared. Tell us about your dreams for the long term as well as shorter-term goals that may be stepping stones towards the larger dream. 

​​☐​ Measuring 

Summarise how you measured what you have and what you can do including SWOTs, budgets and other records from this step. 

​​☐​ Focusing  

Your mission plan needs to be something that anyone can look at it in the future and see clearly what is anticipated, how those goals will be achieved and who is responsible for implementation. Bring your goals and actions together into format that is easily accessible and can be used to help the congregation, your ministry team or anyone else to get a snapshot of where you are heading. (Use one of the templates if helpful) 

​​☐​ Implementing and Reviewing   

Remember, this is a living document. Include a review date and keep notes on your implementation to include when you review your mission plan.