Publisher Description
Is your organization in danger of Mission Drift?Without careful attention, faith-based organizations drift from their founding mission. It's that simple. It will happen. Slowly, silently, and with little fanfare, organizations routinely drift from their purpose, and many never return to their original intent. Harvard and the YMCA are among those that no longer embrace the Christian principles on which they were founded. But they didn't drift off course overnight. Drift often happens in small and subtle ways. Left unchecked, it eventually becomes significant. Yet Mission Drift is not inevitable. Organizations such as Compassion International and InterVarsity have exhibited intentional, long-term commitment to Christ.Why do so many organizations--including churches--wander from their mission, while others remain Mission True? Can drift be prevented? In Mission Drift, HOPE International executives Peter Greer and Chris Horst tackle these questions. They show how to determine whether your organization is in danger of drift, and they share the results of their research into Mission True and Mission Untrue organizations. Even if your organization is Mission True now, it's wise to look for ways to inoculate yourself against drift. You'll discover what you can do to prevent drift or get back on track and how to protect what matters most.
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About the Authors
Peter Greer is president and CEO of HOPE International, a global
nonprofit focused on addressing both physical and spiritual poverty through
micro-finance. He has a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s Kennedy
School. Peter coauthored The Poor Will Be Glad and The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good, speaks at conferences, including Catalyst and Passion,
and has been featured by media outlets such as CNN, Christianity
Today, and World. Peter lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with his
wife, Laurel, and three children.
Chris Horst is
the director of development at HOPE International, where he works and writes at
the intersection of entrepreneurship, work, and the gospel. Chris has been
published regularly in Christianity Today
and has a forthcoming book on entrepreneurship and human flourishing. He serves
on the boards of the Denver Institute for Faith & Work and the Colorado
Microfinance Alliance. Chris graduated from Taylor University with a business
degree and has his MBA from Bakke Graduate University. He lives in Denver,
Colorado, with his wife, Alli, and son, Desmond.
Anna Haggard is the executive writing assistant at HOPE
International, where she collaborates with the president and CEO and the marketing
department to share HOPE’s message through print and social media and
coauthored The Spiritual Danger of Doing Good. Anna
is a graduate of Asbury University and lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Andy Crouch, MDiv, is editorial director of the Christian Vision Project at Christianity Today International. He served as executive producer for the documentary films Where Faith and Culture Meet and Round Trip. He also sits on the editorial board of Books and Culture and has been a columnist for Christianity Today. His writing has appeared in several editions of The Best Christian Writing and The Best Spiritual Writing. He was editor-in-chief of Re:generation Quarterly and for ten years served as a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University.
About George W. Sarris
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.