The document discusses strategies for small church outreach, emphasizing the importance of understanding the community and its demographics. It outlines a structured approach using key questions about who the church is trying to reach, why, how, when, where, and what outcomes to expect. The focus is on being ethical, transparent, and relevant while planning outreach activities.

1. Small Church Idea Forum Chuck Warnock NOC09

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3. Let’s Get Going!

4. Outreach Idea Assembly Line

5. 5 Questions + 1 Who? Why? How? When? Where? What happened?

6. Who? Everybody is not a good answer.

7. Who? Saddleback Sam Rick Warren’s profile of the person he wanted to reach.

8. Who? Possibilities Family Status Marital Status Gender Age Interests Location Ability/Disablility

9. Ethnicity Lifestyle Need Hobbies Pets Talent Combinations of these

10. The Big ‘Who’ Question Who’s not here?

11. Why? To grow our church is not a good answer.

12. Why? Criteria Biblical Other-centered Transparent Respectful

13. Why? Outcomes Invite others to know Christ. Make friends. Partner on a common goal. Meet a need. Address community issues. Teach facts or skills. Breakdown barriers.

14. How? The spaghetti approach is not a good one.

15. How? Map 1. Goal 2. People 3. Budget 4. Supplies/Equipment 5. Safety 6. Ethics 7. Time 8. Place

16. Goal: Hit or miss? Specific Measurable Challenging Realistic Doable

17. People: Who’s on the team? Coaches Players Vendors Musicians Logistics Set-up

18. Budget: Who pays? Church Donors Sponsors Partners Participants

19. Supplies: What do we need? Use what you have. Borrow. Partner. Donations. Buy.

20. Safety: Can anyone get hurt? Background checks Supervision Equipment Activity Hazards Safety plan

21. Ethics: Is it right? Just because it works, doesn’t make it right. Our methods should reflect our values. Who are we excluding? Does this look like the Kingdom?

22. When? Rhythm of community. Appropriate for age, ability, and activity. Makes sense.

23. Where? Attendance. Activities. Arrangement. Appropriate. Attraction.

24. What happened? Measure. Evaluate. Discuss. Record.

25. Your Ideas Who? Why? How? When? Where? What happened?