Open AccessStrategic Planning For Churches
Author(s) -
Jack Armitage
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of applied business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2157-8834
pISSN - 0892-7626
DOI - 10.19030/jabr.v3i2.6526
Subject(s) - strategic planning , business , strategic thinking , strategic human resource planning , strategic management , process management , process (computing) , management , marketing , computer science , economics , operating system
In recent years the field of strategic planning has expanded greatly, but very little has dealt with strategic planning for churches. The purpose of this paper is to examine strategic planning at the local church level. A business and church comparison is made identifying the similarities and differences between these two organizational forms and a strategic planning process that can be implements by a local church is presented.