CFTROU 0009: Air War/Ground War Strategy
It’s not enough to fight the air war only; every church needs a ground war strategy. The air war is the vision trajectory of your church and it can only accomplish so much. The ground war is where churches get organized, take ground, and move forward. Every church – no matter what size – can lead an effective air war/ground war strategy. It doesn’t have to be staff led.
Key Points:
- Hear why you need your ground war to support your air war trajectory.
- Find out how to synchronize the air war and ground war.
- Understand how to get the right leaders in place to help lead the ground war.
- Vision gets passed through the entire organization using the ground war.
- Every pastor can use the pulpit as a leadership tool; not just an education tool.
- All church ministries and programs must support the air war strategy.
- The air war and the ground war concept doesn’t require a lot of money.
- Hear why it’s important to cast a vision and stay on that vision for years.
- Create environments to have air war/ground war conversations.
- Don’t let the ground war become an alternative to the air war.
- Common language shapes church culture.
- Discover how vision develops through the culture of collaboration.
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Never knew anything about the air/ground strategies until becoming a part of Family Church. Learning about the ins and outs of it from two of the best is invaluable!! Great job with the amazing info in the podcasts!
Your discussion was very helpful. It helped me to recognize that air and ground warfare are necessary aspects of developing a strong church. The synchronizing of air and ground warfare is eye-opening. In addition, I love your idea of vision-casting – to cast it from the pulpit consistently – at each meeting of the church … over years, so that it becomes part of the church’s DNA. Thank you for your insights and encouragement to meet weekly with church staff.
May God continue to inspire you to build His kingdom and expand the reach of His church globally.