It is the third week of 2025, and last week we started a two-part series about casting your 2025 vision. In episode 269 we considered seven vision development principles, and the four components of a one-page vision script. In today’s episode we continue our conversation on vision with extremely practical vision development exercises that will help you begin the vision-development process

Four Visioning Exercises:

Visioning Exercise 1

• God’s heart.
• Pastor’s heart.
• Vision for a church should be a combo of God’s heart for the Church and the lead pastor’s heart for the church he leads.

Visioning Exercise 2: What is working?

• What naturally works for you and your team?
• What gets the greatest results?

Visioning Exercise 3: Who are you trying to reach?

• What/who is the primary target of your church?
• Nieuwhof: “Nobody is actually reaching everybody – even the largest organizations in the world.”
• You will reach more people if you get more focused.

Visioning Exercise 4: Write the vision script

• Lead pastor takes the lead.
• Take your time and make sure to get it right.
• Arrive at a script that has been bathed in prayer.