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2013 Evangelism Summit Training

2013 Evangelism Summit Training. We Welcome You!. Evangelism Summit Reignite passion for Evangelism & Outreach Provide Helpful and Practical Tools for Evangelism. Building A Strong Evangelistic Church.

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2013 Evangelism Summit Training

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  1. 2013 Evangelism Summit Training We Welcome You!

  2. Evangelism Summit • Reignite passion for Evangelism & Outreach • Provide Helpful and Practical Tools for Evangelism

  3. Building AStrong Evangelistic Church

  4. The mandate given to us as Christ’s church permeates every activity in a healthy evangelistic church.

  5. (18) “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (19) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (20) Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. • Matthew 28

  6. Being effective at outreach and successfully reaching out to your local community requires: • Prayer • Vision • Focused Mission • Commitment, and it requires • Planning…

  7. “Planning is the process of clarifying (or discerning) ultimate God given directions(s) and identifying a course of action to get there.”

  8. The Ultimate Goal • Reach the Unchurched in the Community • Connect Them to the Life of the Church and A Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ.

  9. Our GAP Analysis will consist of FOUR STAGES that will assist you in creating an intentional ACTION PLAN for EVANGELISM in your local church.

  10. OVERVIEW Stage One: Where Are We? “Trying to create an evangelism strategy can be a futile exercise in blind leadership, without first assessing where you are now.” - Thom S. Rainer

  11. STAGE ONE INVOVLES THREE CHECK-UPS: OUTREACH CHECK-UP  VALUE CHECK-UP  COMMUNITY CHECK-UP

  12. Stage Two: Where Are We Going? VISION EXERCISE

  13. Stage Three: How Do We Get There? MISSION EXERCISE

  14. Stage Four: What Is Our Outreach Plan? Set ANNUAL Outreach Goals COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN

  15. The Role of the Pastor in Evangelism • Personal Involvement: • Live the gospel every day. • Stay close to the action. • Maintain your circle of influence. • Pray daily for souls to be saved. • Respond to cries for help.

  16. The Role of the Pastor in Evangelism • Corporate Involvement: • Enlighten the Church. • Enlist the Church • Equip the Church • Engage the Church

  17. The Pastor leads in creating an atmosphere of expectancy in the congregation. He leads in developing momentum that will keep his leaders focused on reaching out to the unchurched, connecting them to the life of the church and ultimately into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

  18. Stage One • Where are we?

  19. Unchurched Adults In America • 2007 100 Million Adults • Today 125 Million Adults • (200 Million w/Teens & Children)

  20. Among Pastors In America • 79% of American Pastor’s feel that their churches are ineffective in their overall program of Evangelism.

  21. In Thomas Rainer’s Book,“Reflections on a Decade of Church Consulting”

  22. Churches often wait too long to address decline. • Statistics really are helpful. • Churches often settle for numerical growth rather than life transformation. • Churches do not know their community.

  23. Most churches aren’t ready for conversion growth if God were to send it. • In most churches, somebody wants the congregation to make an eternal difference. • God is still growing His church.

  24. Stage One • Let’s Try to Answer, “Where Are We?”

  25. Stage One • Begin With An Outreach Check-up

  26. How many new people joined the church last year? • How many people made decisions to receive Christ? • What percentage of adults participated in the outreach activities of the church? (Brought someone with them?)

  27. From a broad perspective (overall church): • What are those things that we need to preserve? Why? • What are those things that we need to change or avoid? Why?

  28. What big outreach campaigns/events did the church as a whole engaged in last year? • What type of campaign was it? • What worked well? • What could be done better next time? • What was the outreach result?

  29. What specific outreach activities did your various ministries conduct last year? • What was the attendance? First-time visitors? • How many invited new people to this activity? • How many new people joined the church as a result of this activity? • What worked well? • What could be improved next time? • How can we do a better job of increasing participation in these events?

  30. Stage One • The Second Check-up Is A Values Check-up

  31. Is Evangelism held in high regard among the core leadership, staff and the congregation?

  32. “A value can be likened to a ‘homing device’, an internal guidance mechanism that keeps you on course. A value is what helps you to make in-flight corrections to your attitude, motives, activities, and emphases. You will need to make many in-flight corrects along the way, but if you have not clearly defined your core value, you won’t know what to correct to!” • Wayne Cordiero

  33. Evangelism needs to be a part of everything a church does!

  34. What are the CORE values of the church? • Where on the list of values is outreach? Is it a value that permeates every ministry?

  35. One way to look at this is to: • Have each ministry leader calculate what percentage of their ministry focus is “in”-reach vs. outreach. Are there any activities that need to be discontinued to make room for new evangelism and outreach areas?

  36. What percentage of the church budget is spent on “in”-reach vs. “out” -reach? Is there a balance? If not, does something need to change?

  37. Stage One • The Third Check-up Is A Community Check-up

  38. Three Common Challenges Churches Face: • 1. Growing Older In Terms of Average Age And Unable To Adapt To The Worship & Learning Style Preferences/Expectations of Younger Generations.

  39. Three Common Challenges Churches Face: • 2. Experiencing Racial, Ethnic, Socioeconomic and Population Density Changes In Their Community (Attendee’s are not representative of the immediate culture and may drive from surrounding communities.)

  40. Three Common Challenges Churches Face: • 3. Experiencing A Diminishing Sense Of Visionary Direction That Formerly Fueled Their Forward Progress.

  41. Three Key Factorsabout your surrounding communities help shape the focus and outreach mission for your church. • Community Factor One: Demographics

  42. Demographic Profile Example

  43. What is the demographic profile of those we are most likely to reach? • Where are these people located in our community? • What are the needs of these people? What outreach programs do we have in place to reach these people?

  44. What demographic factor, if any, has changed since we last checked our report? • If there were changes, how does that impact our current outreach focus? Do we need to change it?

  45. Three Key Factors about your surrounding communities help shape the focus and outreach mission for your church. • Community Factor Two: Geographic’s

  46. Have there been any significant changes to the “Geographic’s” (i.e. new roads, new housing. change of traffic flow, etc.) in our area this past year? • If yes, how does that impact our church and outreach initiative for the coming year? • Are any new housing projects planned for the coming year?

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