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The Big Ideas Blog features articles and posts about a range of ministry-centered topics including leadership, evangelism, strategy, church growth, operations and personal growth.

Leadership

Evangelism

Strategy

Church Growth

Operations

Personal Growth

Strategy & Execution

The Strategy and Execution Areas of MinistryActionPlans.com provides 4 planning models: 4 Step Growth Process, The 4 Disciplines of Execution (Ministry 4DX), Objectives-Goals-Strategies-Measures (Classic OGSM), and Short form Ministry Action Plans (One Page MAP). Each method helps you execute on your most important strategic priorities in the midst of the whirlwind.

The Strategy Area also contains church growth tools and resources. Growth Engines Identify your church’s top 3 growth engines and create strategies for each one. Other tools include information on growth cycles, ratios, barriers, themes, blogs and other resources.

Ministry 4DX

Classic OGSM

One Page MAP

Growth Tools

Operations

The Operations Area of MinistryActionPlans.com helps you cultivate a culture of generosityallocate money strategically, identify and make qualified ministry hiresbuild a high-capacity teammultiply reach in new areas and manage limited ministry resources.

Stewardship

Budget

Staffing

Teams

Multiplication

Logistics

Ideas

The Ideas Area provides an open access bank of over a thousand samples, resources and best practices to get your creative juices flowing. You’ll find evangelism, marketing, discipleship, leadership pipeline, missions and worship categories there.

Evangelism Ideas

Marketing Ideas

Discipleship Ideas

Leadership Pipeline Ideas

Missions Ideas

Worship Ideas