Are You Struggling to Own the Vision of Your Church? You are Not Alone.

I was so excited when Miguel De La Mora joined our team in February. We invited Miguel on to our team to fill the role of Campus Pastor at Willow Creek Community Church, as well as being on our teaching team. As Miguel and I were talking one day, he began to talk about the difference between an owned vision and borrowed vision. It was so good, I asked him if I could unpack it with him via video interview. I think you are going to enjoy this discussion.

If you are a leader who casts vision, I hope you realize how important it is to create a culture where wrestling a vision to the ground is encouraged, like Miguel suggests. There are a lot of churches where it is not okay for staff to say, “Hey, I'm not sure about the vision. Can we talk about this?” That person gets pushed out. I have worked with many churches like this. I encourage every church leader to create a safe space to have God-honoring conversations about the vision of your team.