January 15, 2009

Questions for church leaders

Driscoll asks twenty questions "for building a city within the city" from Nehemiah.

1. What has God revealed to you (1:1-11a)?
2. What must you walk away from to pursue God's calling (1:11b)?
3. How will you communicate your vision to others (2:1-3)?
4. Who must you ask for what resources (2:4-10)?
5. What research must you do to realistically assess the total cost (time, money, energy, emotion, etc.) of the mission (2:11-16)?
6. Which leaders must be strategically recruited first (2:17-20)?
7. Where is the best place to begin the work (3:1-32)?
8. Where are your gates (3:1-32)?
9. How will you respond to your critics (4:1-23)?
10. How can you show the gospel with mercy (5:1-19)?MarkD07
11. How will you handle escalating opposition and threats (6:1-14)?
12. What is the generational legacy you are laboring (7:4-73)?
13. How will you connect your ground war and your air war (8:1-18)?
14. Will you courageously and continuously call your people to repentance (9:1-38)?
15. What are your terms for covenant membership (10:38-11:36)?
16. How will you track and assimilate those whom God is bringing to your city (11:1-36)?
17. Who are your trustworthy priests who can work in the mission while you work on the mission (12:1-26)?
18. How will you celebrate your wins (12:27-47)?
19. How much will you demand of your men (13:1-22)?
20. Which closed-hand, practical life issues will you go to war (13:23-31)?

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