MOVING A VISION FORWARD

20% is the critical mass to move a vision forward. Having 20% of leaders on board gives you permission to move ahead and pilot something, try something, low risk.

After you have piloted something and either succeeded or learned a lot from it, the mid-adopters buy in. The late adopters come on board in about three years and it has become part of the church culture. There are some laggards who never come on board.

This is about preference, not character. We ourselves may be in these various groups at the same or different times about different subjects.

Give people time to get on board when they are ready to do so. Be patient and be persistent in sharing the vision.