OUTREACH STRATEGIES
Practical and proven strategies to equip leaders for effective outreach.
Breaking Attendance Barriers
Lead Pastor
Journey Church of the City
Do you desire to see your church grow to the next level? Do you feel stuck at a certain level in your church's growth? In this session you will learn how to effectively develop growth systems that work whether your barrier is 125, 250, 500 or 1000.
You will learn:
- How to identify and remove the barriers that keep your church from growing
- How to develop effective systems for staff, space, small groups, and finances in order to strengthen your growth potential
- How to think strategically about growth in order to avoid future barriers
THURSDAY 8AM
Creating an Outreach Culture Outside the Church
Pastor
Corinth Reformed Church
Many of the people who need Jesus most won't walk into our churches or even come to an outreach event. How do we turn our homes and neighborhoods into evangelistic centers? In this session we will discover strategies for helping the people who are part of our church do outreach in a natural and effective way right where they live.
You will learn:
- To help people see the powerful evangelistic potential that exists in their home, neighborhood, schools, sports leagues and all the places their life intersects with others on a daily basis.
- To develop a plan for strategic outreach.
- To set specific goals for developing home and neighborhood based outreach in your own life, and how you can develop this as a cultural norm in the homes of your church members.
FRIDAY 8AM
Free
Your Church for Way of Life Witnessing:
Tools and Techniques from the new Share Your Faith Workshop
Ken Silva
Director, Share Your Faith Workshops
Evangelism Explosion International
www.syfonline.org
One of the greatest desires we have as
believers is to see our family,
friends and neighbors come to Christ, but fear has paralyzed most. The
New
Share Your Faith Workshop from Evangelism Explosion International is
helping
believers overcome their fears and is equipping them with the tools
they
need to become confident witnesses in their everyday lives.
You will Learn:
- To equip your people to witness free
from the pressures and fears they
usually associate with evangelism - To cultivate relationships and discern
when a friend¹s heart is open to
the Gospel - A Gospel tool that is easy to learn,
easy to share and practically
impossible to forget
FRIDAY 4PM
Irresistible Evangelism: Natural Ways to Open Others to Jesus
Executive Director
Equipping Ministries International, Inc.
It's no secret, less than 10% of today's Christians feel capable or comfortable sharing their faith. Irresistible Evangelism provides fresh ways to engage the majority who are uneasy with evangelism in reaching friends, family, and even complete strangers for Jesus without being pushy, irritating or obnoxious.
You will learn & be able to equip others:
- How to avoid 7 "deadly sins" of disrespectful outreach.
- How to discern and connect to any person's unique "spiritual address."
- How to communicate Jesus in ways that are so genuine, fun and effective that ordinary Christians find them practically irresistible!
THURSDAY 8AM
Laws of the Harvest: Applying Jesus' Methods to Reach Your Community
Senior Pastor
City Church of Chattanooga
This workshop is a result of Mike's concern for the American church. The vast majority of our churches are either in decline or plateaued and seem to be more and more marginalized as an impacting force in our community. Closer examination of Jesus' most definitive teaching on the harvest lead to the discovery of eight leading principles of the harvest. These principles-- are at the core of "Harvest Theology."
The session will be both biblical in its orientation and practical in its application. Mike will share how his and other churches have applied these principles to church ministries and outreach efforts. The material is "preachable/teachable" so that participants can go back to their churches and share it with their congregations.
You will learn:
- The principles Jesus taught about engaging the Harvest
- How churches have successfully applied these principles.
- How to evaluate your church to discover strengths and growth areas in relation to the principles shared.
FRIDAY 8AM
Taking Ground--Proven Outreach Principles and Strategies that Will Transform Your Church & Community
Ed Waken & George Traub, Board Members; Tony deRosa, Director
Evangelism In Depth Ministry
Imagine people freely and creatively sharing Christ with a lost world! What could be accomplished if believers could overcome their fear and hesitancy when witnessing? God has (super)naturally equipped every believer to do just that! Discover biblical truths that will unleash a mobilized army of Gospel communicators!
You will learn:
- Every believer is a supernaturally equipped communicator of the Gospel, with unlimited opportunities and possibilities in God's hand.
- Biblical truths that will transform your ministry into a missional army.
- A definition of success in evangelism that will bring encouragement, joy, boldness, and a willingness on the part of the believer to evangelize evangelism.
THURSDAY 8AM
Ten
Shifts That Will Transform Your Church's Outreach Potential
Kevin
Harney
Senior Pastor
Corinth Reformed Church
In this session, Kevin will look at ten very specific shifts in thinking
and practice that will tip the scales of a whole church toward outreach.
It is not enough to plan a few events to reach a community; the whole
church must live for outreach!
You will learn:
- Ten essential transformations that move a church toward the Great Commission
- To identify the unique kinds of strategies and events that will work for your church
THURSDAY 4PM
The Presence Based Church
Director of Ministries
Renewal Ministries and World Methodist Prayer Team
The Presence Based Church and Life workshop is not just the passing of information but an impartation of passion for being in the Presence of God. When we learn to operate in the Presence we find "doing" church or "doing" prayer time or "doing" evangelism take on a fresh new meaning.
You will learn:
- How to seek the Presence of God.
- How strongholds in the church and in the life of the believer hinder our outreach.
- How being in the Presence of God is the only effective way to evangelize.
- How to develop a personal worship and prayer life that will make you an effective witness.
THURSDAY 2PM
The TurnOut Solution: Solving the Problem of Plateau and Decline
Ken Priddy, President & Pat Bragg, Vice-President
United Front Ministries
Churches lapse into plateau and decline because, over time, they turn more and more inward. The solution is simply that churches must turn outward in order to correct spiritual negatives and to reach lost communities strategically. When they do, they foster health and growth, and see an increase in turnout.
You will learn:
- The origin and nature of plateau and decline.
- Spiritual and strategic dynamics of moving from plateau and decline to health and growth.
- The first steps in turning their churches around by turning their churches outward.
THURSDAY 2PM
New Wineskins for Outreach
Executive Editor/Assoc. Publisher
Outreach Magazine
Your church has a fresh vision and passion for outreach but can your same old programs yield new results? Be inspired to build a new foundation for outreach and see how you can put an innovative spin on some venerable church programs. A fresh approach = fresh results. Caution: Sacred cows may be barbequed.
You will:
- See existing outreach ministries in a fresh new light
- Experience a renewed energy and focus for outreach
- Evaluate existing ministries and know how to move them forward
FRIDAY 4PM
