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Developing a Personal Mission Statement
Laurie Beth Jones, in her book, The Path, states that “having a clearly articulated mission statement gives one a
template of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of one’s activities.”
Definitions:
“Mission” is defined as a specific task that a person or group is sent to perform. Having a personal
mission statement helps you to focus on what God has called you to be and do.
“Vision” can be defined as looking into the future and visualizing the results that you anticipate
happening as a result of your mission and the plan of action that is implemented. Developing a personal
mission statement is the first step in identifying/clarifying what God has called you to do. This becomes the
basis for formulating your ministry plan.
Romans 1:5, expresses in a few words the personal mission statement of the Apostle Paul. “Through him and
for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the
obedience that comes from faith.”
There are several simple steps that you need to take to develop your mission statement.
Step One: Every mission requires action, and action words are verbs. Select the three verbs from this list
which most excite and inspire you, (or add your own.)
accomplish
acquire
administer
adopt
advance
affect
affirm
alleviate
amplify
appreciate
ascend
associate
believe
bestow
brighten
build
call
cause
choose
claim
collect
combine
command
communicate
compel
compete
complete
compliment
compose
conceive
confirm
connect
consider
construct
contact
continue
counsel
create
decide
defend
delight
deliver
demonstrate
devise
direct
discover
discuss
distribute
draft
dream
drive
educate
elect
embrace
encourage
endow
engage
engineer
enhance
enlighten
enlist
enliven
entertain
enthuse
envision
evaluate
excite
explore
express
extend
facilitate
finance
forgive
foster
franchise
further
gather
generate
give
grant
heal
hold
host
identify
ignite
illuminate
implement
improve
improvise
inspire
integrate
involve
keep
know
labor
launch
lead
master
mature
measure
mediate
model
mold
motivate
move
negotiate
nurture
open
organize
participate
pass
perform
persuade
play
possess
practice
praise
prepare
present
produce
progress
promise
promote
provide
realize
receive
reclaim
reduce
refine
reflect
reform
regard
relate
relax
release
rely
remember
renew
resonate
respect
restore
return
revise
sacrifice
safeguard
satisfy
save
sell
serve
share
speak
stand
summon
support
surrender
sustain
take
tap
team
touch
trade
translate
travel
understand
uphold
use
utilize
validate
value
venture
verbalize
volunteer
work
worship
write
yield