Measuring our Success

The dictionary defines SUCCESS as, “the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.” This seems easy enough to understand; yet measuring success is not nearly as simple. Businesses generally measure success in terms of revenue. In sports, we keep score. In ministry, the desire to measure success gets a bit complicated. To measure the success of Innovative Truth we first must know our mission and then boldly state our uncompromising commitments.
Innovative Truth remains firm in our mission to bringing scripture to life by teaching, training and transforming the lives of those who have otherwise been forgotten. We are uncompromising in the good stewardship of financial gifts YOU faithfully give. And we are committed to obediently handing the compass to God should He want to lead us to new paths for His purpose. Given this mandate, how do we as a ministry measure success in our current endeavor of healing broken relationships?
In our collaboration with Christian Unity Ministries to build the 5 Conversations for Healthy Relationships project, we wanted a measuring stick to know if participants were growing from their involvement. We will spare you the head-spinning complications of building a survey, and God bless the folks developing surveys as a career because it is mind-numbing! Thanks to some incredibly smart folks in this collaboration, survey questions measuring the “success” of the program in five areas of personal transformation were created.
At the very first gathering participants anonymously take a survey about relationships in their life. Eight weeks later we conduct the same survey. Comparing the answers you can assess growth and transformation in areas chosen for our definition of success. While we NEVER want a person to be defined only by a number, it is these very numbers which help tell the emerging story of how lives were transformed during their journey with us.
This month we wanted to highlight four key areas your faithfulness to Innovative Truth has encouraged healing in relationships. Without YOU these relationships continue the cycle of perpetuating brokeness and separation from God. Thank you for your financial gifts, prayers, and for sharing your ministry with those you care about. Are you ready to join an established 5 Conversations for Healthy Relationships group or start your own? Contact us!! ​                                                                                                          With Much Love,