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2013 Evangelism Summit Training
We Welcome You!
Evangelism Summit
Reignite passion for Evangelism & Outreach
Provide Helpful and Practical Tools for Evangelism
Building A
Strong Evangelistic Church
The mandate given to us as Christ’s
church permeates every activity in a
healthy evangelistic church.
(18) “All power is given unto me in heaven and in
earth. (19) Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: (20) Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have
commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always,
even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28
Being effective at outreach and successfully
reaching out to your local community requires:
• Prayer
• Vision
• Focused Mission
• Commitment, and it requires
• Planning…
“Planning is the process of clarifying (or discerning)
ultimate God given directions(s) and identifying a
course of action to get there.”
The Ultimate Goal
Reach the Unchurched in the Community
Connect Them to the Life of the Church and A
Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ.
Our GAP Analysis will consist of FOUR STAGES that
will assist you in creating an intentional ACTION
PLAN for EVANGELISM in your local church.
OVERVIEW
Stage One: Where Are We?
“Trying to create an evangelism strategy can be
a futile exercise in blind leadership, without first
assessing where you are now.”
- Thom S. Rainer
STAGE ONE INVOVLES THREE CHECK-UPS:
OUTREACH CHECK-UP
VALUE CHECK-UP
COMMUNITY CHECK-UP
STAGE TWO: WHERE ARE WE GOING?
VISION EXERCISE
STAGE THREE: HOW DO WE GET THERE?
MISSION EXERCISE
STAGE FOUR: WHAT IS OUR OUTREACH PLAN?
SET ANNUAL OUTREACH GOALS
COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN
The Role of the Pastor in Evangelism
Personal Involvement:
• Live the gospel every day.
• Stay close to the action.
• Maintain your circle of influence.
• Pray daily for souls to be saved.
• Respond to cries for help.
The Role of the Pastor in Evangelism
Corporate Involvement:
• Enlighten the Church.
• Enlist the Church
• Equip the Church
• Engage the Church
Stage One
Where are we?
Unchurched Adults In America
• 2007
100 Million Adults
• Today
125 Million Adults
(200 Million w/Teens & Children)
Among Pastors In America
• 79% of American Pastor’s feel that their
churches are ineffective in their overall
program of Evangelism.
Thomas Rainer’s
“Reflections on a Decade of Church Consulting”
Stage One
Let’s Try to Answer, “Where Are We?”
Stage One
Begin With An Outreach Check-up
Outreach Questions
1. How many new people joined the church last
year?
2. From a broad perspective (overall church)
What are those things that we need to
preserve, change or avoid?
3. What big outreach campaigns/events did the
church as a whole engaged in last year?
4. What specific outreach activities did your
various ministries conduct last year?
Stage One
The Second Check-up Is A Values Check-up
“A value can be likened to a ‘homing device’, an
internal guidance mechanism that keeps you on
course. A value is what helps you to make in-flight
corrections to your attitude, motives, activities, and
emphases. You will need to make many in-flight
corrects along the way, but if you have not clearly
defined your core value, you won’t know what to
correct to!”
Wayne Cordiero
Evangelism needs to be a part of everything a church
does!
What are the CORE values of the church?
Where on the list of values is outreach? Is it a value
that permeates every ministry?
WHAT ARE THE CORE VALUES OF THE CHURCH?
If Evangelism
is A Value…
How is it
How is it modeled in
modeled in
the various ministry
the goals from activities?
last year?
Are there any activities that need to be discontinued
to make room for new evangelism and outreach
areas?
What percentage of the church budget is spent on
“in”-reach vs. “out” -reach?
Stage One
The Third Check-up Is A Community Check-up
Three Common Challenges Churches Face:
1. Growing Older In Terms of Average Age
2. Racial, Ethnic, Socioeconomic and Population
Density Changes In Their Community
3. A Diminishing Sense Of Visionary Direction
Three Key Factors about your surrounding
communities help shape the focus and outreach
mission for your church.
Community Factor One: Demographics
Demographic
Profile
Example
Three Key Factors about your surrounding
communities help shape the focus and outreach
mission for your church.
Community Factor Two: Geographic’s
Three Key Factors about your surrounding
communities help shape the focus and outreach
mission for your church.
Community Factor Two: Geographic’s
Community Factor Three: Psychographics
Demographic Profile Report Example
Stage Two
Answers The Question: Where Are We Going?
A Shared Vision must first be a
Prepared Vision.
Nehemiah Teaches the Importance of
Preparing for Vision:
He Collected Information. (1:1-3)
He had a Holy Discontent with the status quo. (1:4)
He Fasted. (1:4)
He Prayed. (1:5-6)
He Waited on God. (See 1:1-2:1)
John R.W. Stott, an English theologian, states,
“Vision begins with a holy discontent with the
way things are.”
Vision is a picture of what God will
do in the future.
Vision
Passion
Commitment
Unity
Reward
How To Keep Authenticity in Vision:
Is it biblically based?
Is the motive to glorify God?
Does it start where you are?
Is it relevant to your community?
Is it received by others who have heard it
communicated effectively?
Is it demonstrated by passion?
It is demonstrated by commitment?
“The process of establishing vision and values is a
painful one. We get lulled into mediocrity, we lose
sight of what could be through God’s power that is
available to us.”
Bill Hybels
Four Step Vision Exercise
Step I: Begin With Envisioning the Future
Step I: Begin With Envisioning the Future
Step 2: Pray and Listen
“Prayer is a vital part of the ministry of
congregations. It is a major part of the fuel
that provides energy and empowerment to
congregations. Prayer movements in
congregations seldom happen without some
forethought or intentional action.”
Dr. George Bullard
100 Days of Prayer and Discernment using
Prayer Triplets
Step I: Begin With Envisioning the Future
Step 2: Pray and Listen
Step 3: Describe Your Church
Step I: Begin With Envisioning the Future
Step 2: Pray and Listen
Step 3: Describe Your Church
Step 4: Capture The Vision
Stage Three
Answer The Question:
“How Do We Get There?”
How Can Regular Christians Be Turned On To
Evangelism?”
Your Mission Statement
Creates your foundation.
Defines your heart and passion.
Prioritizes your ministry directives.
Directs your resources.
Focuses your goals.
Is the path for reaching your vision.
Vision and Mission will demand a strategy if it is
to become a reality.
Strategy should involve order and introduce
needed change.
How do we develop a plan and strategy?
1. Establish Annual Outreach Goals
How do we
develop a plan
and strategy?
How do we develop a plan and strategy?
1. Establish Annual Outreach Goals
2. Distribute these goals to all ministry leaders
How do we develop a plan and strategy?
1. Establish Annual Outreach Goals
2. Distribute these goals to all ministry leaders
3. Summarize them with your Team
Stage Four
Answer The Question:
“What Is The Outreach Plan?”
Ministry Leaders Submit Individual Ministry Plans
that support the Outreach Goals of the Church.
Assemble Each Ministry Plan Into One Master Plan
Do A Reality Check – Refine The Goals!
Using the refined list of goals, by
ministry, now develop the annual
plan on a month-by-month basis.
Create Workable Checkpoints To Keep Focused
Create Monthly “check—in” Meetings
Implement a Bi-monthly Email
Schedule a Quarterly Leaders Meeting To
Review
Follow The Plan
Promote Your Outreach Goals
Celebrate Your Success!
Rejoice In Every Soul Saved!
We hope you can take the training and resources
back to your congregation!
CORNERSTONE CONFERENCE EVANGELISM MINISTRY
EVANGELISM DIRECTOR: Mike Ainsworth, Office: PO Box 150 Browns
Summit, NC 27214-0150; Phone: 336-656-7936, ext. 128 or Toll Free: 1877-367-9622.; email: [email protected]
Administrative Assistant: LeAnn West; Email: [email protected]
EVANGELISM COUNCIL:
Hispanic MINISTRY Coordinator: Juan Carlos Vazquez, Phone: (787) 550-7155 [email protected]
M25 DIRECTOR: Pastor Mark Richardson Phone: 919-742-1055; Email: [email protected]
Pastor Roger Barefoot, Phone: 336-263-1312; Email: [email protected]
Pastor Myron Bruce, Phone: 434-770-2395; Email: [email protected]
Pastor Jonathan Hill, Phone: 276-650-2376 ; Email: [email protected]
Pastor Bill Phipps, Phone: 704-564-9223; Email: [email protected]
Pastor Tommy Vass, Phone 336-786-2215; Email: [email protected]
Pastor Tim Wolfe, Phone: 336-765-8844; Email: [email protected]
THANK YOU FOR COMING!
For more information, please contact our Ministry Assistant and
Evangelism Director, Mike Ainsworth at 336-656-7936, Ext. 128 or
by email: [email protected]