November 9, 1999

Leadership Inventory  Give each item a rating from 1 to 5 with one lowest and 5 highest.  Which items might stand some improvement?...might be some targets to work on in this list.

1.   Leaders like to involve many people when making important decisions.

2.   Members have a lot of say when important decisions are made.

3.   Leaders keep members informed about key issues.

4.   People have very little say in what goes on in my church.

5.   People are good at working together as a team.

6.   Leaders in my congregation have a lot of skill in planning.

7.   The leaders of my congregation seek to understand and address the needs of people in our community.

8.   I am excited about our congregation and its ministry.

9.   Members are open to new ideas and new ways of doing things.

10.  My congregation is ready and willing to change things when a good new idea comes along.

11.  There is a lot of interest in my congregation to change how we do things.

12.  Change comes slowly in my congregation.

13.  People talk a lot about changing the way things are done.

14.  People are willing to spend the time necessary to introduce positive change.

15.  If given a choice, my congregation would rather keep things as they are than change.

16.  Many people in my congregation are afraid to speak their minds.

17.  My congregation has a clear vision of what it is trying to do.

18.  There is a lot of enthusiasm for making our congregation as good and strong as it can be.

19.  I can clearly explain my congregation's sense of purpose or mission.

20.  It is important to me that our congregation will grow in size.

21.  My congregation is good at using members' skills and talents.

22.  Leaders regularly participate in personal and group Bible study.

November 15, 1999

Leadership Inventory

You rate each statement on a scale of 1 to 5 according to the following:

1 ' this statement does not at all describe your church

2 ' on rare occasions this statement might describe your church, but it is the exception to the rule

3 ' sometimes this statement describes your church, sometimes it doesn't; it's a 50-50 proposition

4 ' this is generally true of your church; sometimes things falter, but not too often

5 ' this is consistently true of your church, almost without exception.

Section 1 deals with Vision:

___ 1.   Your church is on a mission; the people know what it is and they are zealously pursuing it.

___ 2.   Your church innovates rather than imitates.

___ 3.   The ministry operates on the basis of God's vision for our church rather than your own vision for the ministry of the congregation.

___ 4.   If a visitor asked anyone who is regularly part of your church, the visitor would hear a good description of the vision.

___ 5.   The vision is clearly and concisely stated in a vision statement.

___ 6.   The vision is constantly and consistently expressed to people through the church's ministry efforts.

___ 7.   The vision is passionately owned by the pastor, the staff, the lay leaders, and most of the regular attenders.

___ 8.  The driving and deciding force behind all planning and decision-making is the vision.

___ 9.  Your church is comfortable saying no to ministry opportunities that conflict with your vision.