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5 Truths That Define a Strong Vision<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

By Dan Reiland<\/p>\n

Emerging from the panic of 2020 and the life patterns of 2021, we now face substantial complexities in shaping, communicating, and realizing vision.<\/p>\n

There are at least three challenges we face:<\/p>\n

Challenge #1 \u2013 We are relearning how current culture views the church.<\/strong>
\nOver the past twenty years or more church has moved from a central institution in the community to an option. Today, for an increasing number, the physical gathering and engagement in church (the body of Christ) is moving from an option to something no longer seen as necessary.<\/p>\n

Challenge #2 \u2013 Church leaders are less prone to take risks.<\/strong>
\nThere are clear pitfalls to\u00a0playing it safe<\/a>, yet prudence compels us to have some sense of caution when the future remains unclear. Nonetheless, vision is still required, and all real forward-moving vision has risk. What do you risk? What do you protect?<\/p>\n

Challenge #3 \u2013 Isolation has elevated individualism that seeks its own way.<\/strong>
\nVision is designed to be achieved together; the impact is far greater that way. We can do far more together than alone. When human beings drawback from community, especially from fear, their thinking changes from \u201cwhat we could accomplish together\u201d to \u201cwhat must I do to survive.\u201d That\u2019s not true for everyone, of course, but the shift is evident.<\/p>\n

No matter what we are experiencing, vision remains at the very core of leadership and, when done well, produces the momentum every leader prays for.\u00a0 The bottom line is that together we must rise above obstacles and cast vision for the future.<\/p>\n

5 truths that define a strong vision:<\/strong>
\n1) Vision serves as the spiritual catalyst.<\/strong>
\nWhen you are working with one person, you (the leader) serve as the spiritual catalyst. When you lead many people, the vision becomes the catalyst.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the leader and the vision work together.<\/p>\n