Targeting your audience in church planting
Unfiltered: Real Church Planting Conversations
English - May 15, 2018 07:00 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture church planting lee stephenson danny parmelee church planting podcast church planting resources church planting training Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Who will your church focus on reaching? Church planting leaders Lee Stephenson and Danny Parmelee discuss the importance of creating a niche for your church plant by targeting the audience you want to reach and share some thoughts on how to reach your target audience.
1:19 - Danny explains the importance and the biblical precedent of targeting an audience when planting a church
2:33 - Danny talks about how specific a target audience should be
3:45 - Lee discusses four groups of people - Atheists, truth seekers, practical Christians, self-feeders - and the reasons to NOT focus on all four groups
7:50 - Danny mentions the regional differences in targeting audiences
8:50 - Lee talks about the need for a church to reflect its community and having a sensitivity to the culture of the community
10:30 - Danny discusses the importance of being able to focus on specific groups while still being intentional about having a representation of all people who gather at your church
13:32 - Lee talks about the importance of being a student of the community in which you want to plant and knowing the need that God has called you to fulfill
15:00 - Lee discusses what part of a church plant will make a difference in its community
15:29 - Lee and Danny discuss practical examples of how targeting an audience impacts decision-making and strategy development
20:30 - Danny shares the downside of targeting an audience and what could happen if you're not careful
23:33 - Lee shares advice to help church planters create a niche and target the audience you want to reach