I love strategic thinking. In fact, when you combine that with my competitiveness then you have a dangerous mix for a “Settlers of Catan” game. Last week, David Messner and myself took the time to map out a campaign that is launching this fall. It was so much fun to see the ideas all charted out and arranged. (This go around we decided to go old school with paper and markers instead of using mind mapping software)
One of my favorite parts of working with churches is taking the big picture and breaking it down smaller action steps. This morning I was meeting with Kregg Hood, Senior Vice President of Stewardship and Loans here at AG Financial, and we were noting how there are easily over 100 action steps leading up to the launch of a campaign. And that doesn’t even include the follow-up phase. Sometimes a vision can be overwhelming, but when you get it all on paper then people can begin to see how, with God’s help, this might actually happen. So what are some things to consider when planning a capital campaign? Here are some things I would suggest:
