Mission Planning resources

ELCA congregations have developed a number of mission planning resources that help congregations and their leaders develop mission that relates to their context and giftings.

The resources include:

Essential Background

Guiding Principles for Mission Planning

Marks of a Missional Congregation

Model for Thinking About Mission

Paradigms for Mission Renewal

Worship and Mission

Do it yourself resources 

Adaptations of 1-to-1's

Beyond Our Doors

Building a Mission Table

Congregation Life Cycle Question

Discovering Approaches to Mission

Front Porchin' Workbook

Growing Congregational Vitality

Guide to 1-on-1 Conversations

Manual for Congregational Mission Planning

Process for Discerning Purpose Statement

Read, Reflect and Respond Bible Study

Season for Prayer and Renewal

Some Basics for Evaluating

Some Basics for Planning

Story Matters

Resource Lists

For Deep

For High

For Wide

Missional Leadership Books

Resources for Going Deeper

Web site Links

Mission Planning resources are available at http://www.elca.org/en/Resources/Mission-Planning