godly grit
Our work at ADK Mission is built upon a unifying principle called Godly GRIT®. This research-driven framework helps leaders persevere in God’s calling, with a solution that avoids the two extremes. Godly GRIT is on-target!
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The Godly GRIT framework is simple, actionable, and based upon five years of doctoral research at Fuller Theological Seminary.
I leveraged grounded theory research methods to demonstrate the factors that most significantly contribute to perseverance in the work of ministry, and then built the Godly GRIT framework to improve those factors.
In my ministry, I had seen too many pastors who were weary and discouraged. But the existing literature on the topic didn’t provide the help that was so desperately needed: something actionable and memorable.
I was convinced I would find there was only one key to persevering in our life’s purpose: maintaining a strong relationship with God. I was wrong! While that is vitally important, the data from my research revealed that it is only one of four key factors.
Click the button below to read the full Godly GRIT brochure, and scroll down to see what I discovered!
My research revealed four factors that work in harmony to give people the grit needed to continue persevering in God’s purpose for their lives:
Godly grounding;
Resilient personality;
Intimate allies; and
Targeted calling.
Godly GRIT is not about having a “gritty” personality, but rather working to strengthen these four key factors of perseverance. Each one has three focus areas that our framework helps to strengthen.
The Godly GRIT framework can be adapted into any church or ministry with teaching notes, slide decks, and sermon outlines. A workbook is also coming soon:
"The Four Pillars of Godly GRIT:
Staying Strong in Your Divine Purpose (A Parable)"
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Testimonials
“The study was well organized, easy to follow if you missed a week or two, and had lessons and readings that helped us implement our faith in our daily lives … it’s a path to a living faith.”
“Godly GRIT has something for everyone. It doesn't matter where you are in your walk of discipleship, you can be challenged by strengthening and growing within the four factors. … I liked doing it as a group each week with more individualized ‘homework’ to do before the next session. The Bible passages were well-chosen, both for the topic and in the chronology of the study. Colin masterfully wove his research gleaned from pastors into a study about the four factors of Godly GRIT that all Christians can use in their calling.”
“In the crazy and ever-changing world we live in, Godly GRIT provides practical and thought-provoking ideas on how to keep God at the center of our lives. While the study gives general guidelines and ideas on how to identify the different areas supporting Godly GRIT, it also explores ways to reflect on one’s own strengths and how to further develop them. From one who has participated in many Bible studies, I would wholeheartedly recommend this program to church leaders and lay-people alike.”
Although this research was conducted in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, the theory of Godly GRIT has broader application outside that specific region and even beyond vocational ministry.
Godly GRIT® is a federally registered trademark of ADK Mission, a New York nonprofit corporation. All rights reserved.
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