Mission Drift Survey

Determining Your Susceptibility

Rate the following statements on a scale of 1-10

1= Strongly Disagree

5= Neither Agree nor Disagree

10= Strongly Agree

Clarity

____ Mission drift is a topic of conversation within your organization.

____ The verbal sharing of Christ is actively and intentionally being discussed and encouraged on a consistent basis.

____ Your organization has a statement of belief, mission statement, and core documents that explicitly describe its full mission.

____ Staff members know and believe the core tenets of your full mission.

____ Supporters are in alignment with the core tenets of your full mission.

____ Your key donors are vocal and engaged in keeping you accountable to remain    on mission.

____ Board Members and Staff sign a statement of faith before joining the Board or   Organization.

____ You have consistency in your messaging and there is clarity in communicating your full mission.

____ Board Meetings are focused on culture, mission, and impact, and the Board is   aware of its role as guardians of the full mission.

____ You measure metrics capturing the entirety of your mission.

Intentionality

____ Prayer is fully integrated in decision making in meeting structure, and as a weekly or daily discipline of the staff.

____ You have hiring practices that go beyond technical abilities and assess a candidate’s full mission fit.

____ Prospective Board Members are interviewed by multiple Board Members and formally assessed for their personal faith and full mission alignment.

____ Compared to a year ago, staff and board members are showing increasing fruit  in their lives (Galatians 5:22-23) as evidence of the Holy Spirit at work in them.

____ There is a clearly articulated plan to create a culture that reinforces your identity and you have daily/weekly rituals that reinforce the organizations values and mission.

____ Church partnerships are a constant source of consideration for your organization.

____ If your leader suddenly left, you would not be concerned about the mission continuing.

____ A large percentage of your staff would leave the organization if you experienced Mission Drift.

____ You have said NO to a good opportunity in the last two years because it did not   fit the full mission.

____ You have a succession plan in place that is actively cultivating internal candidates for leadership and there are known future Mission   True Leaders.

Vibrancy of Christian Mission

100					MISSION TRUE
80
60			MISSION DRIFT
40
20	MISSION UNTRUE
0	20	40	60	80	100

Intentionality

 

 

Geer, Peter & Horst, Chris Mission Drift. (Minneapolis: Baker, 2014) pp.47-49