{"id":9352,"date":"2011-10-25T14:29:29","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/news_blogs\/john\/?p=9352"},"modified":"2023-12-22T13:01:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T18:01:46","slug":"a-great-example-of-organizational-self-examination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2011\/10\/a-great-example-of-organizational-self-examination\/","title":{"rendered":"A Great Example of Organizational Self-Examination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"124\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/program-evaluation\/\">Program Evaluation<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be a successful ministry, you must ask tough questions about your ministry\u2019s performance. Andy Harrington, Executive&nbsp;Director at Greater Vancouver Youth For Christ (GVYFC), did just&nbsp;that. His analysis is a model literature review and performance analysis, and best of all, he\u2019s willing to share his report with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eleven years ago, Andy wrote a thesis to complete his MA in Evangelism Studies\u00a0and the purpose of the thesis was to find the best methods for evangelism for GVYFC. <em><strong>The situation and results that he describes at the ministry are quite out of date today, so please keep that in mind.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>After completing the thesis, he used it to\u00a0refresh and renew the ministry at GVYFC and the results have been great. By taking a hard look at their practices and results\u00a0his team built a much more fruitful ministry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download <a href=\"\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Harrington-thesis.doc\">Harrington&#8217;s thesis<\/a>\u00a0and use it to stimulate ideas for\u00a0how you could review your own ministry. While the content will be helpful to anyone with a youth ministry, the process he used is applicable to any ministry. Here&#8217;s what he&#8217;s done so well in this 90-page thesis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He documented the program rationale that governed the design of their many programs. I don&#8217;t think that had been done before so he had to look at what they were doing and then reverse-engineer the theoretical foundation that justified their programs. That meant he had to create both a theory of change and a logic model. Although he doesn&#8217;t use those terms or build a diagram, he does document them in narrative form. <a title=\"Program Evaluation 2 \u2013 Program rationale\" href=\"\/news_blogs\/john\/2011\/10\/19\/program-evaluation-2-the-logic-model\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I wrote about how to do this at a the program level<\/a>, so this is a good example at the organizational level. You should have a theory of change and logic model at both the organizational and program levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andy does a great literature review to ensure he is right up-to-date on the latest thinking in youth evangelism. He researched general shifts in culture, particularly from modern to post-modern world-views, and the agents that are driving youth culture. Again, <a title=\"Program Evaluation 3 \u2013 Literature review\" href=\"\/news_blogs\/john\/2011\/10\/24\/program-evaluation-3-literature-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I wrote about&nbsp;doing literature reviews&nbsp;at the program level<\/a>, and Andy has shown how to do&nbsp;for the organization.&nbsp;You&nbsp;should do both.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He addresses the issue of how to define success for their ministry and then found a way to measure it. I&#8217;ll be writing about this topic later in the CCCC strategic review that is currently underway.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After doing all the analysis, Andy then addresses the &#8220;So what?&#8221; question and develops several strategies that will take GVYFC&nbsp;to a new level of effectiveness.&nbsp;He suggests that YFC and other movements adopt a new embodied apologetic, rather than relying on a programmatic approach. This apologetic incorporates five factors; the cultural desire among young people for authentic relationship, their openness to spirituality, the importance of story, the concept of journeying together and the formation of community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you, Andy, for sharing your thesis!\u00a0May we all learn how to look hard at our own ministries and enjoy benefits similar to what you have experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/A-great-example.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"124\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/program-evaluation\/\">Program Evaluation<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Successful ministries ask tough questions about performance. One ministry is sharing its report, which is a model literature review and performance analysis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2011\/10\/a-great-example-of-organizational-self-examination\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"A magnifying vanity mirror. 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