Rev Bill

Yesterday I began a series of posts on my thoughts as I read George Bullard’s book Pursing The Full Kingdom Potential Of Your Congregation. I mentioned that Bullard sees this as a journey a congregation enters into — what he calls a Spiritual Strategic Journey.

That term sounds impressive — but what does it mean? What — exactly — is a Spiritual Strategic Journey?

Here’s how Bullard defines it:

A Spiritual Strategic Journey is spiritual in that it assumes total reliance on God as individual and as congregations. It assumes that unless the journey is of God, it is for nothing.

A Spiritual Strategic Journey is strategic in that it focuses on those goals and actions that will make the most significant difference in a congregation’s ability to serve in the midst of God’s kingdom. It focuses on effective touch points.

A Spiritual Strategic Journey is a journey in that it is ongoing. …. We always press forward to God’s high calling. (Bullard, Pursing The Full Kingdom Potential Of Your Congregation, page 17).

The benefit I see in this approach is that it involves God — in a conversation with the congregation — in a journey to reach the congregation’s full potential for God’s glory. It’s not a pre - packaged program that someone else brings to a congregation, but a program where the congregation seeks God’s will and leadership for their particular situation — then sets out on it’s own particular journey to be the Church God calls it to be.

What do you think about this? Use the comments section to start a conversation!

You can read Bullard’s blog here — read about The Columbia Partnership here — read more about a Spiritual Strategic journey here — and order your own copy of Pursuing The Full Kingdom Potential Of Your Congregation here.

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