1. Mission statement (one sentence)
2. Values
3. Core doctrines

Mission: “To spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ.”

Values: Prayerful dependence, preaching and teaching, Christian hedonism, humble authenticity, radical generosity, passionate spreading, global and multi-ethnic vision, and wartime approach to life and ministry. (They are described here: http://www.desiringgod.org/AboutUs/OurDistinctives/OurValues/).

Then the theological distinctives include the sovereignty of God, the harmony between God’s supremacy and our joy, combination of head and heart, justification by faith alone, and some more (outlined in the Desiring God Affirmation of Faith: http://www.desiringgod.org/AboutUs/OurDistinctives/AffirmationOfFaith/).

There is one other set of guiding concepts that are sort of emerging when it comes to how we lead the organization. These could be called “leadership values.” They would include things like: respect for the individual, empowerment _plus_ accountability, equal focus on the importance of tasks and the importance of people, managing is developing people through tasks and not just getting things done through others, and maybe a few more.

Is it the mission statement, or are there also more specific elements involved?