Input creates ownership.

The size of the mission is always larger than the size of the ministry.

Advocacy only happens when the Spirit makes a ministry ready.

Advocacy is best demonstrated by behavior.

The gifts for this ministry are already present in most congregations and their communities, waiting to be discovered.

All the “players” need to be in the game for advocacy to be effective.

God does God’s best work in times of crisis.

Growth in ministry is a gift which requires a conscious choice.

Avoid single-factor analysis and one-dimensional response.

Prayer is productive work in visioning and planning.

Growing ministries give themselves away in mission.

Effective advocates will seek to model, embody and employ these principles in every situation.