Keeping Score...

Keeping score is a way for us to tell how we are doing.

When we don’t have measurements, we stop making forward progress. I keep score when I play a game, I keep score with my checkbook every single month, and I measure my weight when I am on a diet or on an exercise plan.

One of the key factors in becoming better and not go backwards in our progress and plan, is to keep score. Scoring things are a way to be accountable to what we are doing in life. Our spiritual life and the ministry that we are a part of should have a scorecard.

What are some ways you keep score in the ministry that God has given to you? I’d love to hear!

This survey is for all Christ followers, not just pastors.

2 comments:

Jim Evans said...

Great topic. I was just discussing this with someone on Thursday morning. Change and development sometimes take a little while to become established. This time can be frustrating and discouraging. Keeping score is an encouragement for bottom liners who need to see results. It's also a way to keep on track, re-evaluate and make adjustments on the fly. I am trying to develop short term goals or indicators for everything I am doing and doing weekly measurements.

Anonymous said...

rttIn Student Ministries, chris and our team look for simple things to keep score: attendance at service, babtisms, new guests, and students that bring other students to the service. We try to reward/celebrate the above whenever it occurs.