Transcript The Ministry Evangelism Tool Kit and Church Planting

Starting a New Ministry From
Scratch
We can reach unreached
communities and people
groups through ministries that
are contextually relevant.
CORE VALUES FOR MINISTRY
BASED EVANGELISM
 Individual Service

Trustworthiness
Community Involvement
Professional Objectivity
Willingness to Share
Respect for Human Differences
Empowering Interventions
Persistent Advocacy
Transforming Strategies
Personal Renewal
What are the steps to
starting an evangelistic
ministry?
STEP ONE: Prayer
Provides direction
Spiritually prepares the way for Ministry
Evangelism
Ensures powerful, appropriate, and timely
witness
Allows for effective and fruitful follow-up
PRAYER
Seek God’s guidance and calling through
personal and group prayer and Bible study
Prayer walk and drive communities and
neighborhoods that are being neglected and
unreached by existing church ministries
Prayer journey your city and/or church
community to become sensitive to the needs
of residents.
STEP TWO: Share the Vision
Preach a series of messages on Ministry Based
Evangelism
Utilize the interpretive Video
Schedule testimonies
Place Ministry Evangelism stories in newsletter
Provide bulletin inserts about Ministry
Evangelism opportunities
Organize a first time simple community project
What Is Servanthood
Evangelism?
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Servanthood evangelism is
intentionally sharing Christ by
modeling biblical servanthood.
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Servanthood evangelism is a
combination of simple acts of
kindness and intentional personal
evangelism.
Servanthood
Evangelism Can Be
Done By…
 Women
 Senior
adults
 Teenagers
 Children
 Inter-generational
Strengths of Servanthood
Evangelism
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It is effective in reaching people in
today’s culture; Is easily contextualized.
It is personal evangelism in a corporate
setting.
It is low-risk evangelism.
It can become an essential part of the
church’s mission.
Strengths of Servanthood
Evangelism
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it is fun!
it involves everyone in evangelism,
especially family units.
Servanthood evangelism follows a
model of Jesus.
Strengths of Servanthood
Evangelism
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Servanthood evangelism allows
laypeople to use their creativity to
initiate ministry opportunities.
9 Servanthood evangelism takes very
few resources and can thus be done
anywhere in any setting.
10 Servanthood evangelism is extremely
winsome.
Foundational Principles
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Those participating must be intentionally
evangelistic.
 Those participating must genuinely care
about people.
 Eventually, those participating need be
equipped as personal witnesses.
How to Begin Servanthood
Evangelism
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Seek the father’s power and presence.
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Enlist the people.
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Resource.
V
Vacate the church.
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Evaluate.
How to Begin Servanthood
Evangelism
S
Seek the father’s power and presence.
E
Enlist the people.
R
Resource.
V
Vacate the church.
E
Evaluate.
Keep in Mind
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Servanthood evangelism is not an end unto
itself.
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Servanthood evangelism is a process, not a
program.
Examples of Servanthood
Evangelism
Single mom’s oil change
Windshield washing
Change burned out light bulbs
Give away water in a park in the summer
Free house number painting on curbs
Feed parking meters
Leaf raking
“People Are More Than
Twice As Likely to Allow a
Person to Share Their Faith
When Evangelism Is
Combined With Simple
Acts of servanthood.”
Simple acts of kindness and
intentional personal evangelism.
Sharing Christ by modeling
biblical servanthood
STEP THREE: Gather
Information
Conduct a community needs assessment
Survey church members for ministry
concerns
Interview people who live in the community
Use demographic data to identify lifestyle
and people groups
Determine giftedness of church members
Purposes of a Community
Needs Assessment
Learn about community services
Assess community problems and unmet
needs.
Establish relationships with community
agencies and organizations
Determine how Christians and churches
can become involved in ministry
Who Should Participate
Church staff
Associational staff
On Mission Team members
Lay people with a passion for
community ministries
Agencies/Individuals to Interview
Drug & Alcohol rehab programs
Battered women’s shelters
School principals
Mayor
Chief of Police/Fire
Hospice
Senior Center
Housing project managers
Etc.
Steps to a Community
Needs Survey
Determine the agencies/individuals to be surveyed
Set a date for the survey
Recruit volunteers
Set appointments
Send letters 1 week prior to appointments.
Do the survey
Compile results
Distribute and study
Schedule for Assessment Day
8:30 am Breakfast
8:50 am Pair up teams and give assignments
9:00 am Orientation
9:30 am Depart for appointments
10:00 am First appointment
11:00 am Second appointment
Noon Lunch, complete reports, debriefing
Follow-Up
Compile the list of possibilities
Appoint a task force to determine
which ministry or ministries your church
should undertake
Make plans for starting the new
ministry/ministries
Multi-Family Housing Needs Assessment
Interview Form
MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW FORM
Property Name:___________________________________________________________
Mailing Address:__________________________________________________________
Telephone:________________________________ Date:_________________________
Person Interviewed____________________________ Position:____________________
1. What kind of community do you manage?
Number of units:_________ Cost to rent ________________ Age of property ________
Estimate percentage of turnovers ___________________ Percent occupied _________
Percentage of these groups: children ______ Youth _____ Seniors ____Singles _____
College students _____ Single parents _____ ethnics _____ those needing English ______
2. What are the greatest unmet needs of the community and the residents?
3. What are some of your management needs and/or concerns? Examples of needs: handling
referrals/benevolence needs of individual residents, dealing with community spirit, providing for
activities & educational programs, etc. Examples of concerns: dealing with lease breakage, parking,
occupancy, vandalism, drugs, keeping conflict down between neighbors or within resident units, etc.
4. How do you think volunteers or a church could address these needs? List any ideas for programs
that could be started on site or off site such as organized activities, Chaplaincy, Bible Studies, etc
5. Would residents be interested in any of the following? ____Parents Night Out, _____Seasonal
activities, ____seminars, ____health screening, _____lasses on safety, ____Money Management Class,
____Chaplaincy Assistance, ____Crisis/Benevolence Assistance, ____New Resident’s Welcome Pack,
____Tutoring, ____Parenting Classes, ____Home Bible Studies, ____
Other: _____________
Would it be possible for a church to offer a free community wide block party or other first event to
determine interest level? _______ What are some possible dates and times?
Could residents share their opinion about activities by completing a Resident’s Interest Survey?
When and how could a survey be conducted?
What type of promotion would be permissible & when?
What other concerns do you have?
Any special rules or legal concerns?
When are the best times to contact you for follow-up?
Survey of Church Members
CHURCH/COMMUNITY NEEDS CHURCH SURVEY FORM
Please review the following list of people, places and needs. Check areas of need that the
church can meet. Also check any areas with which you would like to work.
Topic
Where are these people?
1. Inner-city areas
2. Suburbs
3. Revitalized neighborhoods
4. Urban fringe areas
5. Isolated communities
6. Unchurched communities
7. Transitional areas – racial
8. Transitional areas –ethnic
9. Transitional areas – economic
10. Multifamily housing
11. Low-income housing
12. Mobile homes
13. Condominiums
14. Governmentally impacted areas
15. Industrially impacted areas
16. Militarily impacted areas
17. Resort areas
What language-culture groups are affected?
18. Immigrants
19. Refugees
20. Internationals
21. Diplomats
22. Seamen
23. Foreign tourists
24. Temporary workers
25. Foreign wives/children
26. Undocumented persons
27. Language – Europeans
28. Language – Hispanics
29. Language – American Indians
30. Language – Middle Easterners
31. Language – Caribbeans
32. Language - Asians
33. Language – Deaf
I know of a
need in this
area:
I would like to
work in this
area
Interview People Who Live in
the Community
Be safety conscious:
Remain on the porch unless you know the people
Go during daylight hours
Go during good weather
Be aware of your surroundings
Respect signs that indicate the person does not
want a visitor
Stay in tune with the Holy Spirit
Interview People Who Live in
the Community
Explain you are surveying to discover needs a
church might help with
Identify your church by name
Ask the following questions:
 What problems and needs are there in this
community?
 What could a church or group of churches do to
help?
 If you could speak to a church group, what would
you say?
 Offer to pray with them
Using Demographic Data
Determine Giftedness
Study spiritual gifts
Utilize a spiritual gifts inventory
Involve members in a ministry and see who
is exercising what gift
Consult with other believers
Conduct a volunteer interest survey
STEP FOUR: Determining the
Right Ministry for You
Look at areas where no ministry is being done
Look for areas where ministry is being done,
but Christ is not being shared
Look at the giftedness of your congregation
Look at the resources you have for doing
ministry
Does anyone have a passion for a certain
ministry?
STEP FIVE: Equip Members to Verbally
and Intentionally Share The Gospel
Preach personal evangelism
Profile personal evangelism with
testimonies
Plan personal evangelism by putting
training and visitation on the calendar
Provide personal evangelism tools such as
tracts, scripture portions, Bibles
STEP SIX: Implementing
a Ministry
Prayerfully select a ministry project
Define the purpose of the ministry
Write objectives for the ministry
Develop an action plan for each objective
Secure resources for the ministry
Assign responsibilities for implementation
Receive progress reports and evaluate results
Celebrate God’s activity
STEP SEVEN: Organize Volunteer
Ministries
Establish objectives for existing and new
ministries that clearly call for evangelistic and
discipleship outcomes
Recruit and train ministry coordinators who will
coordinate and coach other volunteers and will
keep the church informed on needs and results
Strengthen and resource those ministries that
intentionally focus on lost and unchurched
persons
STEP EIGHT: Prioritize Outreach
and Missions
Seek to direct a minimum of 60 percent of
the church’s resources and ministry toward
evangelistic outreach ministries and church
planting.
Create a visionary congregational culture
that values every member serving as a
called, gifted, on-mission Christian.
His Heart, Our Hands: A
Ministry Evangelism Tool Kit
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Part I
Introduction
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Part II
Illustrative stories
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Part III
Group discussion with
Pastors and church leaders
involved in ministry
evangelism
• Charitable Choice
• 501(c)3 Organizations
• Spiritual Inventory
• Key Q&A
Simple acts of kindness and
intentional personal evangelism.
Sharing Christ by modeling
biblical servanthood
Two inspirational Messages
Power Point Presentations
Clip Art
Instructional
Program on Servanthood
Evangelism
His Heart, our Hands (0633034495) $12.99 and
Servanthood Evangelism (0840085052) $3.95 may
be ordered separately if needed.
His Heart, Our Hands: A
Ministry Evangelism Tool Kit