Follow Jesus with Clarity Series
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Let’s face it. The grind of church leadership is real. That’s why this moment is ripe for rediscovering church leadership clarity.
Most pastors I know aren’t sitting around dreaming of a busier calendar. They’re wondering how to make what they’re already doing more meaningful. They’re asking:
If you’re nodding along, you’re not alone.
And it’s not because you lack passion. It’s because church leadership clarity is missing.
When churches lack church leadership clarity on what kind of disciples they’re forming and what growth in Jesus looks like, the mission stalls, burnout rises, and even your most dedicated people begin to drift.
But the book of Acts gives us a vision of a different kind of Church. One marked by movement. A church where you could see the growth. And that kind of church leadership clarity is not man-made, it’s Spirit-inspired.
That’s why church leadership clarity and the Book of Acts are not optional. They’re essential.
Earlier this week, I shared this one-pager in a social media post
And I added this quote:
“The best investment I’ve made in ministry? Vision clarity. Hands down.”
Micah, a gifted leader and pastor, replied:
“Wait?! People aren’t sitting around asking to be busier… Love the connection to the value proposition of youth sports and how the church can learn from it!”
He nailed it.
Families rearrange their lives for sports because there’s a clear value proposition:
What if the Church could reclaim that same compelling clarity?
What if we could show people what spiritual growth looks like and why it matters?
When churches invest in church leadership clarity, and define growth clearly and biblically, people are energized. They join in. When churches don’t invest in church leadership clarity, people either settle into passive attendance or disengage altogether.
In the book of Acts, we see a vibrant picture of transformed people. And it wasn’t theoretical. It was measurable. Tangible. Repeatable.
Here are 5 biblical measures we see in Acts:
These measures are not abstract. They’re real-life evidence that the Gospel is taking root. And measures, or sometimes we call them outcomes, are essential for churches that want to move from maintenance to mission.
Imagine if you and your leaders had invested in church leadership clarity. Imagine if your church was so clear on your own, unique, memorable outcomes that your people were talking about them, pursuing them, trusting in the Spirit of the Living God to develop these outcomes as they followed Jesus.
The promise to their family, friends, and neighbors is that they could experience these outcomes too.
Wow! What a gift for the neighborhood, community, and world. Church leadership clarity spreads because it makes it easier to grasp, describe, and share.
Now that’s something to invest in as a leader, right?
If we can’t show how this kind of clarity changes lives, no one will care. And they shouldn’t.
Because no one wants to give their life to busywork. But people will give their life to transformation.
Let’s go deeper:
“I used to live paycheck to paycheck, hoarding what I could. Now I see our home and our money as part of God’s mission.”
“I used to shrink back when faith came up. Now I can speak with calm confidence because I know who I am.”
“I used to fear people who were different from me. Now some of them are my closest friends in Christ.”
“I never saw myself as a leader until someone gave me a shot.”
“We burned the idols in our home—literally and figuratively. That night, we slept in peace for the first time in years.”
This isn’t about programming. It’s about people.
When churches anchor their vision in these biblical outcomes:
Because clarity fuels movement.
Not church leadership clarity for clarity’s sake. Clarity that changes lives.
And it all starts by asking:
“When are we successful?”
If your only answer is “When people show up,” you’re missing the invitation Jesus offers—to form disciples who reflect Him in every part of their lives.
So let’s reclaim your brilliantly clear outcomes. Let’s define growth not as attending or busyness, but as becoming.
Clarity begins here.
It might be tempting to take these five biblical measures from Acts and paste them onto your website or sermon series and call it church leadership clarity.
But true transformation doesn’t come from borrowing someone else’s language.
It comes from the slow, faithful work of discerning what growth in Jesus looks like in your specific context with your people and your calling.
There’s an old Chinese proverb:
“The way is made by walking it.”
And that’s exactly what we see in the book of Acts. The early church didn’t start with a clarity framework. They started by following Jesus and being led by the Holy Spirit. Along the way, fruit emerged. Patterns formed. Language crystallized. Lives changed. Measures became visible.
Not because they copied someone else’s outcomes.
But because they were willing to follow where the Spirit led—in real time, with real people.
That’s what makes vision clarity real.
That’s what makes it transformational.
And that’s why your church needs to walk this road yourselves.
📄 Download the Vision Clarity Audit Worksheet to get started: Click here to access
Or join the Vision Co:Lab this Fall and start building a clarity framework with other pastors and leaders, that’s grounded in Scripture and tailored to your context.
💬 DM me to learn more or Schedule a Vision Conversation
With clarity and care,
Jeff
