“The Jesus Touch”

1. “The Jesus Touch” Outreach and Evangelism Ministry & Outreach Connect

2. Why Do Churches Need an Organized Outreach Ministry? • “It is estimated that 160 million people in the United States are un-churched if we define un-churched as attending church two or less times in a year”. • Research Reveals: “Only 21 percent of active churchgoers invite anyone to church in the course of a year. But only 2 percent of the church members ever invited an un-churched person to church.” • “Ninety-six percent of the un-churched are at least somewhat likely to attend church if they are invited.”

3. UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENCE? Church Prospect (or) Church Guest • A Church Prospect is an individual or family which you have obtained their name and some form of information which has identified them as someone that could potentially or possibility be interested in uniting or visiting your church. (One Objective: Turn a Prospect into a Church Guest) • A Church Guest is an individual or family that has visited your church. They may have visited your worship service, Sunday school or small group program, special event, Bible study or any other church sponsored activity. They would have provided some form of information that has identified them as visiting and not a current member of your church congregation.

4. “THE JESUS TOUCH”OUTREACH AND EVANGELISMMINISTRY “The Jesus Touch” A step-by-step program used in combination with CAA Ministries’ Web Based Outreach Connect program.

5. “The Jesus Touch” • You • What • Why • How Colossians 4:5-6 (New American Standard Bible) 5 Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders,  making the most of the opportunity. 6  Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.

6. “The Jesus Touch” The Outreach Touch & Teams Examples and recommended touch teams. You may choose to include others touch teams depending on the organizational structure of your church. The touch teams you implement will depend on how your church is structured for ministry, and the number of touch team activities may be adjusted to fit your ministry needs or level of member participation. Example: different suggested touches Touch-0 = Church Prospect / Initial phone contact needed 0A = Level 2 Prospect / Letter of invitation with schedule of services and events etc. Touch-1 = Initial letter mailed from the pastor following a visit from a first time Guest. Touch-2 = Someone from a Sunday School or Small Group class contacting 2A = Age Group 18-30 2B = Age Group 31-59 2C = Age Group 60-UP Touch-3 = Someone from the Children’s Ministry contacting Touch-4 = Someone from the Youth Ministry contacting Touch-5 = Someone from the Women’s Ministry contacting Touch-6 = Someone from the Men’s Ministry contacting Touch-7 = Someone from Home visitation team contacting – Bread of Life etc. Touch-8 = Someone from the guest luncheon team contacting

8. “The Jesus Touch” “Not properly following through, losing, or just forgetting someone that has visited your church can be a devastating experience to a person or family searching for a new way of life through Christ and the church. How your church completes the follow-up process will portray an image that will not be forgotten. It might just be the last opportunity to make a difference in someone’s or some family’s eternal life decision”.

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10. A Personalized Web Based Outreach Ministry Enhancement Program

12. Features • Password Protected Logins • Upload Guest and Prospect Information in Word, Excel, or PDF formats. • Enter All Outreach Ministry Team Members Names, E-mail addresses, User ID, & Passwords • Categorize follow-ups by Class, Age, or Teams, etc. • Locked Check-Out and Check-In Processing • Tracks Follow-up Progress • Outreach Team E-mail Notification • Complete Follow-up Reporting System

13. Advantages • User Friendly Program • Increases Outreach Ministry Participation • Provides a more efficient and timelier process with the distribution and follow-up of church guest and prospects • Assures Guest and Prospects are followed-up with, and never overlooked • Provides for a More Convenient and Organized Outreach Ministry Program • Provides Convenience and Time Management options for Outreach Team Members & Outreach Ministry Coordinators

14. THREE SIMPLE REASONS SUNDAY SCHOOL & CHURCHES DON’T GROW A Sunday school or church that is not growing is probably due to one or more of the following three reasons. • (1) – Not enough 1st time visitors/guest (Visitor/Guest Attraction) • (2) – Visitors/Guest who come….don’t return (Visitor/Guest Retention) • (3) – Those who do return don’t get involved (Newcomer integration/assimilation)

15. (1) Visitor/Guest Attraction • Visitor/Guest Attraction – is accomplished 1st by making sure you have an outreach ministry program that is designed to identify church prospects in your community. These consist of new movers to your area plus friends, family, co-workers, and your neighbors within your community that do not have a church home or attend a church regularly. Also, it’s important that the outside of your facility reflects a clean and prideful appearance that will attract and portray what can be expected on the inside. ================================== www.myfriendshipconnection.com Referral Code: GABAP

16. (2) Visitor/Guest Retention • Visitor/Guest Retention – is accomplished 1st by making sure you have a Greeting and Welcoming Ministry that is fulfilling the needs and expectations of your 1st time visitors and guest. Ministry volunteers must understand that first time visitors are usually unknown to others and unfamiliar with the layout of your facility. They are first and foremost responsible to help them overcome these unknowns. First time visitors must since a feeling that their attendance is appreciated and recognized. They must also gain a belief through their first visit that they would be accepted, and are able to relate to the existing members of the congregation. Most importantly is that they must experience an organized worship service where they hear the Gospel of Christ preached and explained. The service must be sincerely focused for providing a spiritually uplifting and fulfilling experience that is gained through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. The first impressions a visitor or guest experience will determine whether or not they will return.

17. (3) Newcomer Integration/Assimilation • Newcomer integration/assimilation – is accomplished by 1st by making sure you provide a small group or Sunday School ministry with age related groups that provide social and spiritual activities which involves and includes newcomers from the day of their first visit. It is important that these small group or Sunday School classes be structured with organized outreach, care group, and fellowship teams that will be responsible to track, follow-up, and make sure newcomers are experiencing God’s love and compassion through their relationships with others. They should be encouraged and provided with opportunities to serve as soon as possible. The goal is to help them understand that they are accepted and part of the church family from day one.

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19. www.caaministries.org For your convenience we at CAA Ministries are providing you with a web link to copy and print the information we have discussed in our training classes on Greeting and Welcoming, Outreach, and Sunday school record keeping. Open the CAA Ministries website at www.caaministries.org and click on the link at the bottom of the home page that reads “GA Baptist SS 2008”. You will need to enter the following username and password to open the page. Username = gabaptist & Password = john316 In His Grip & God Bless, Mike Turner CAA Ministries