What is the missional purpose of your church?
Form of the Great Commission: Go and Make. — Growing disciples and spreading the Gospel.
What actually goes on the page?
security and trust
Question: who can I trust?
Fear of commitment
faith…trust
acceptance / prestige
Question: Does anyone care?
Fear of intimacy
love…life
significance / success
Question: Anything worth living for?
Fear of failure
hope…way
McLuhan is known for coining the expression "the medium is the message" and the term global village, and for predicting the World Wide Web almost 30 years before it was invented.
The medium that you use — the internet, podcasts, video sermons, and imagery are all part of the message that you use to communicate who your church is and how you care about the people around you. This is the missional purpose of the church.
LifeGroups, GP Together, GP Rise
Someone from the outside, already somewhat intimidated and now they go to your website and see a whole new set of vocabulary that they’re not familiar with. What does that communicate? Now, they’re really on the outside.
Most Aware Category
What door to go to
What to wear
What I can expect with the children’s ministry
A map of the church, so I’m not wondering around aimlessly.