Step Four: Identifying Your Tribe - Get clear on whom you want to serve, be around,
inspire, learn from, and be affected by.
Q. Who do you most want to impact, influence, and be with?
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Q. Why?
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Step Five: The Formula for Your Mission- Mission = V3 + CV + t
This formula puts it all together. Write your mission statement below.
M =
My mission is to:
V3
(Your three verbs)
____________________, ___________________and_______________________
+ CV (Your core value or values) ______________________________________
+ (to, for, with or through) t (your tribe – the group/cause which most moves/excites you)
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A good mission statement will be inspiring, exciting, clear, true, and engaging.
Example of a mission statement:
My mission is to:
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To communicate to young people the urgent need to know Christ and to make Him known.
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To inspire others to commit themselves to reaching the youth of the world by giving adequate
resources.
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To motivate, train, and assist qualified men and women who will go to the ends of the earth to
reach young people who have never heard the Gospel.
Step Six: Wordsmith Your Mission Statement
Strive for the greatest clarity, brevity, and impact.
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