Look at this lot….
I spoke about Gospel in the Community last Wednesday… What a great bunch!!!
Here as promised is the Getting to Know Your Community Questions from the very helpful and worth reading Everyday Church…
Understanding Local Community
Where?
Where are the places and activities in which you can meet people? (‘the missional spaces’)
Where do people experience community?
Are there existing social networks with which we can engage, or do we need to find ways of creating community within a neighbourhood?
Where should you be to have missional opportunities?
When?
What are the patterns and timescales of your neighbourhood (‘the missional rhythms’)?
When are the times when you can connect with people (the missional moments’)?
How do people organise their time?
What cultural experiences and celebrations do people value? How might these be used as bridges to the gospel?
When should you be available to have missional opportunities?
What?
What are people fears, hopes and hurts?
What ‘gospel’ or ‘good news’ stories are told in the neighbourhood?
What gives people identity (creation stories)?
How do people account for wrong in the world (fall)?
What is their solution (redemption)?
What are their hopes (consummation)?
What are the barrier beliefs or assumptions that cause people to dismiss the gospel?
What sins will the gospel first confront and heal?
In what ways are people self-righteous?
What is the good news for people in this neighbourhood?
What will church look like for people in this neighbourhood?
