Systems Required

Purposes without processes (systems) are like an ice-cream sundae without ice cream; pointless, some would say. Systems supplement strategy. Simple and strategic systems create steps for movement…a path for growth. Deming states, “If you can’t describe what you’re doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” Processes (systems) allow people to engage the journey.

We all have systems. Just listen to a hungry baby and you quickly know that their respiratory system is taking in air and their circulatory system is pumping blood so they can let out that cry to satisfy their hunger for the digestive system to begin its work. We all are a set of intricate systems. It’s interesting that God created us with many intricate systems and said that we are made in His image. Could it be that God is in to systems?

Physically, we would probably all agree that healthy systems equate to healthy bodies. Since all truth is God’s truth, we could write the equation: Healthy Systems = Healthy Church.

Deming affirms that our systems, whatever state they are in, give us exactly what they are currently designed to give us. The real question is, “Do they help us get where we desire to go?” Do our systems propel us toward Kingdom advancement and transformed lives? Do our systems need a redesign?


A system is simply a strategic process that

Saves You Stress, Time, Energy and Money

while continuing to generate desired results.