Category: Mission Drift & Mission True

Mission True Workbook

​This free resource is designed to help you and the organizations you care about to stay on mission. Coauthored by Chris Horst, Becca Spradlin, and Claire Stewart, the Mission True Workbook is an interactive follow up and companion to Mission Drift. It’s designed as an actionable resource for organizations ready to take the next step on their Mission True journey.

In addition to new Mission True case studies, the Workbook includes best practices, discussion questions, and reflection activities that equip leaders and organizations to clarify and refocus on their core mission. It expounds on themes of leadership, clarity, messaging, metrics, governance, people, funding, excellence, culture, and the Church.

Link: Mission True Workbook

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Mission Drift

In the book Mission Drift, HOPE International’s president and CEO, Peter Greer, and vice president of development, Chris Horst, tackle the question of why so many organizations, including churches, wander from their mission, while others remain Mission True. Can drift be prevented? To learn more and order the book, visit the Mission Drift website.

Link: Mission Drift website

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Mission Drift organizational survey

​Building on the research and indicators discussed in the book Mission Drift, Mission True Assessments evaluate an organization’s likelihood of staying faithful to the intention of its founding mission, operationally and spiritually. The organizational survey functions as a tool to support the assessment process in reviewing guiding policies, practices, and outcomes.

Download: Mission Drift organizational survey (668KB pdf)

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Mission True Assessment overview

Building on the research and indicators discussed in the book Mission Drift, Mission True Assessments evaluate an organization’s likelihood of staying faithful to the intention of its founding mission, operationally and spiritually. The assessment reviews guiding policies, practices, and outcomes in the areas of mission, strategy, human resources, operations, management, governance, and supporters. These two documents provide an overview of the assessment and of the assessment process.

Download: Mission True Assessment Process (47KB pdf)

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Mission True indicators

This document contains the list of Mission True indicators from the appendix of the Mission Drift book. It can be used to evaluate your organization’s commitment to its full mission.

Download: Mission True indicators (1.0MB pdf)

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Mission Drift video course

This 6-part video series, produced by RightNow Media, captures Peter Greer talking through the key points of Mission Drift. These videos can be used as an introduction to the topic and to prompt group discussions on how your church or organization can stay Mission True.

Link: Mission Drift video course

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