Mission Statement Workshop Facilitation

Prompt Content

You are facilitating a leadership workshop to create or refine [CHURCH NAME]’s mission statement. Build a collaborative, prayerful process.

Include:

1) Pre-work
   - Assign 2–3 short reflections or readings to participants about biblical mission and the church’s story.

2) Agenda (3–4 hours)
   - Provide a timed agenda including opening devotion, storytelling, brainstorming, drafting, and refinement.

3) Exercises
   - Describe at least 3 activities (e.g., word brainstorming, “from–to” statements, reviewing existing statement).

4) Criteria
   - List 6–8 characteristics of a strong mission statement.

5) Drafting and refining
   - Outline steps to move from many ideas to 1–2 clear draft options.

6) Next steps
   - Explain how the draft will be tested, refined, and eventually adopted and communicated.

Keep the tone collaborative and anchored in Scripture and prayer.