Church OutreachChurch OutreachCritical IssuesCritical Issues

Component #13

1. Is There a Spiritual 1. Is There a Spiritual Vacuum?Vacuum?

A. Where is the community in relationship to the church?

B. What kind of churches already exist in the community?

C. What are these churches doing?

2.2. Primary Outreach PlanPrimary Outreach Plan

1. Newspaper Ads

2. Television/Radio Ads

2.2. Primary Outreach PlanPrimary Outreach PlanThe Law of large numbersThe Law of large numbers

1. Newspaper Ads

2. Television/Radio Ads

3. Direct Mail

4. Phone Calls

5. Yard Signs

6. In Outreach - get exclusivity!!!

3. Will Your Plan Draw a 3. Will Your Plan Draw a CrowdCrowd??

A. “Critical Mass…When those in attendance have a sense that our effort was numerically successful.”

B. Follow up is the key to successful outreach and advertising

4. Getting Started4. Getting StartedA Sample Outreach TimelineA Sample Outreach Timeline

a. Logo

b. Letterhead

c. Business Cards

d. Newsletter and Bulletin

A. Art based promotional materialsA. Art based promotional materials

e. Visitor Card

f. Web Site

B.B. Yellow Page AdYellow Page Ad

C.C. Meeting PlaceMeeting Place

D.D. Determine zip codes in you Ministry Determine zip codes in you Ministry Focus AreaFocus Area

4. Getting Started4. Getting StartedSample Outreach Timeline…Sample Outreach Timeline…

E.E. Find or Enhance your outreach with Find or Enhance your outreach with 2’ X 2’ “yard signs.” 2’ X 2’ “yard signs.”

F.F. Confirm previously used local Confirm previously used local outreach methodology.outreach methodology.

G.G. Use of Web Site in OutreachUse of Web Site in Outreach

H.H. TellStartTellStart

4. Getting Started4. Getting StartedA Sample Outreach TimelineA Sample Outreach Timeline

Tellstart Staff Will:Tellstart Staff Will:

1.1. Phone every residential phone Phone every residential phone in your area. in your area.

2.2. Provide the names of those Provide the names of those who respond by noon the next who respond by noon the next day.day.

3.3. Provide follow-up materials Provide follow-up materials and coaching.and coaching.

Tellstart Staff Will:Tellstart Staff Will:

4. Coach your church through 4. Coach your church through follow-up system after calls are follow-up system after calls are made.made.

wwwwww..tellstarttellstart.com.com

5. Attraction Events

• Examples of attraction events•See Blueprints for samples

• Goals of attraction events a. Exposure to new people b. Relationship building c. Getting names, addresses, etc.

6. Need Focused Outreach

• Finding needs in the community and meeting them.

• How do you determine the needs of the community?

7. Three Key Lists to Maintain

1. Prospect List

2. Guest List

3. Directory List

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“...he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the Lord had done...”

2 Chronicles 7:10

“’All this,’ David said, “I have in writing from the hand of the Lord upon me, and he gave me understanding in all the details of the plan.”

1 Chronicles 28:19

“We should make plans--counting on God to direct us.”

(TLB)

Proverbs 16:9

“Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach... 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.”

Deuteronomy 30:11,14

“Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day…They are not just idle words for you--they are your life…”

Deuteronomy 32:46-47

“Then...everyone whose heart God had moved--prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord...”

Ezra 1:5

“And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.”

Ezra 3:11

“But the eye of their God was watching over the elders...and they were not stopped...”

Ezra 5:5

“Rise up; this matter is in your hands. We will support you, so take courage and do it...”

Ezra 10:4

“The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you…”

Jeremiah 1:4-5

“Ah, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am only a child.” (7) But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you.

Jeremiah 1:6-7

“Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “Now, I have put my words in your mouth.”

Jeremiah 1:9

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.’”

Jeremiah 6:16

“When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God Almighty.”

Jeremiah 15:16

"You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house.”

Haggai 1:9

"Write down the vision and make it plain on tablets so that those who read it may run with it.”

Habakkuk 2:2

“Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?”

Jeremiah 23:29

“I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart.”

Jeremiah 24:7

“...It will now be said...'See what God has done!”

Numbers 23:23

“Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.”

-- the Apostle Paul

Acts 20:32

“I am sending you 18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”

Acts 26:17-18

“So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven.”

-- the Apostle Paul

Acts 26:19

“Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.”

-- the Apostle Paul

2 Corinthians 4:1

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.”

-- the Apostle Paul

2 Corinthians 4:16

“No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man. 7 But it is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

-- David

Psalm 75:6-7

“…I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.”

Acts 13:22

“And David shepherded them with integrity of heart; with skillful hands he led them.”

Psalm 78:72

“I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity.”

-- David

1 Chronicles 29:17

“Do not let this book of the Law depart from your mouth, but meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.”

Joshua 1:8

“...you have exalted above all things your name and your word.”

Psalm 138:2

“Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.”

Psalm 141:3

“We are with you... success to you, and success to those who help you, for your God will help you." So David received them and made them leaders…”

1 Chronicles 12:18

“...men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do...”

1 Chronicles 12:32

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Then all the people said "Amen" and "Praise the Lord."

1 Chronicles 16:36

“Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.”

-- David

1 Chronicles 29:14

“God is with us; he is our leader...”

2 Chronicles 13:12

“But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”

2 Chronicles 15:7

“For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.”

2 Chronicles 16:9

“...do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him...”

2 Chronicles 29:11

“…all the people rejoiced at what God had brought about for his people, because it was done so quickly.”

2 Chronicles 29:36

“...I remind you (Timothy) to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.”

-- the Apostle Paul

2 Timothy 1:6

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.”

-- the Apostle Paul

2 Timothy 2:15

“And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.”

-- the Apostle Paul

2 Timothy 2:24

“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

-- the Apostle Paul

2 Timothy 3:16-17

“Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction.”

-- the Apostle Paul

2 Timothy 4:2

“But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.”

-- the Apostle Paul

2 Timothy 4:5

“Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.”

-- the Apostle Paul

1 Corinthians 9:25

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.”

-- the Apostle Paul

1 Corinthians 13:4-5

“Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.”

-- the Apostle Paul

1 Corinthians 15:58

“Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care, serving as overseers--not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be; not greedy for money, but eager to serve.”

-- The Apostle Peter

1 Peter 5:2

“When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.”

Acts 4:13

“I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.”

Jeremiah 3:15

“His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known…”

Ephesians 3:10

“Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word…”

Ephesians 5:25-26

“…to present her to himself as a radiant church without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.”

Ephesians 5:27

“Bless all his skills, O Lord, and be pleased with the work of his hands...”

Deuteronomy 33:11

“For nothing is impossible with God.”

Luke 1:37