MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES.
Chapter 3: PURPOSE.
A statement of purpose is a statement of reason for being. It expresses your understanding of God’s specific task for you, a statement of vision and faith. It explains the specific reason for your ministry as a group. For an individual, a statement of purpose identifies your own personal part in God’s plan. A statement of purpose is not a doctrinal statement. A doctrinal statement tells what your ministry believes doctrinally. Purpose is different from objectives. Purpose is a statement of why a ministry exists, objectives are statements of plans the ministry will implement in order to fulfill the purpose. Objectives are what you do, purpose is why you are. Purpose is not the same as programs of the church. Programs are outreaches organized to implement plans which relate to purpose. A statement of purpose identifies the specific reason why your ministry exists and summarises specifically what position of ministry you are filling in the body of Christ. The likely statement of purpose for Paul would be;”My purpose of ministry is to bear the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to the Gentiles (nations other than Israel), Kings (leaders) and the nations of Israel (Jews). The importance of purpose is that it provides direction, promotes a Biblical worldview, permits planning, eliminates confusion, permits evaluation and enables ministry with authority and annointing. In formulating a statement of purpose, try to answer the questions, “How does my personal ministry fit in with God’s purpose and plans? “How does the organisation, fellowship or church of which I am a part fit into God’s plan? The reason for writing down the statement of purpose to make it plain and so it can be communicated to others. The steps for formulating a statement of purpose for ministry are pray, analyze the environment, study scriptural statements of purpose, write the statement of purpose and evaluate the statement of purpose. The challenge given by our Lord is for labourers, men and women who know how to reap the spiritual harvest fields of the world. It is to this purpose that Harvestime International Network is dedicated to recruit, train, motivate and mobilize a network of international harvesters capable of intercession for international spiritual harvest articulation of the principles of spiritual harvest, demonstration of the principles of spiritual harvest, communication of the urgency of the mandate for worldwide spiritual harvest and mobilization of members of the body of Christ to reap their appointed fields in worldwide, endtime harvest.