Define OSU NAVS Culture- Fall 2015

A couple years ago I came across a book called Leading from the Sandbox.  I picked up a model for helping teams develop clarity about the vision of their organization.  The idea is to provide four borders that define the activities that fit within your organization.  The hope is that, like a sandbox, these parameters provide boundaries to "play" within, while allowing members enough freedom to be creative, as long as they stay within the boundaries of the group.  The four boundaries are Mission, Central Ministry Focus, Preferred Culture, and Guiding Principles.

One of our Goals for Fall, 2015, was to define OSU NAVS culture.  Here's what we have prayerfully come up with using this model.

Mission: To Advance the Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom into the Nations
Central Ministry Focus: Spiritual Generations of Laborers
Guiding Principles:

• Value of God's Word- 2 Timothy 3:16
•  Personal Relationship with Jesus- Matthew 4:19
• Personal Responsibility for the Great Commission- Matthew 28:19-20
• Value of the Individual- John 4:1-26
• Power of Spiritual Multiplication- John 17:20-21

Culture

• Fun/Welcoming- Acts 2:46-47
• Grace/Truth- John 1:14
• Commitment/Accountability- Proverbs 27:17
• Faith/Risk Taking- Jeremiah 32:17
• Simplicity/Reproducibility- 2 Timothy 2:2

What we Do:  Living and Discipling among the Lost

Thank you for praying with us as we ask God to continue to sharpen this vision, and accomplish all he wants do through us at Oregon State.