Consider this blogpost an Evangelical checkup for your ministry and you. The questions are not important, but their answers mean everything. My suggestion is to print this post, and take a pencil and paper and answer them during your prayer and quiet time. This checkup is for pastors and staff members only. I will be glad to pray for you, and if you would like my prayers, you can contact me by email or in the comment section provided below. Please feel free to discuss the questions and answers with me as well.
Definitions for the terms I'm using:
2. How many people live in this community?
3. How many of those that live in your community are "lost"?
4. Who is doing something about the lost that reside in your community? (i.e. Churches, groups, institutions, or individuals)
5. Is what they are doing making an impact upon "lostness?"
6. Among those that are lost in your community, do you think that they understand their need for salvation?
7. If no, then do you have a plan that will show them their "lostness"?
8. Do those in your community that you consider lost have any intrinsic desire to enter into your facilities for a worship service or any evangelistic event?
9. Of those that do have a desire to enter into your campus for a worship service do they do so from time to time? How many?
10. Do they stay long enough to find the only path to real salvation - Jesus?
11. If they don't stay, then why do you suppose they don't return?
12. Do those in the community who are lost resemble your legacy members, in appearance, in education, with their vehicles, homes, and finances? (Or rather, does the general makeup of your church's members mirror your church's community?)
13. If the community's lost show up in your church, will this cause problems?
14. If yes, then do you have a plan to address this?
15. If those who are lost become believers, will their "full" participation in your church be tolerated by the legacy members?
16. If no, then do you have a plan to address this?
17. Once a lost person comes to know Christ and is a new believer do you have a plan to mature their faith?
18. If yes, what does the maturing believer look like at various stages in your plan?
19. If you answered yes to any of the questions that involved a plan, is your plan working?
20. Are you - personally - not your church - doing enough/anything extraordinary to reach your community?
21. What are you going to do about the lostness in your community?
Definitions for the terms I'm using:
- Lost - Living life without Jesus, with no eternal direction or purpose. Not having eternal security. Not even knowing there is eternal security, or if one does, then not having a clue as to how to obtain it.
- Saved (or reached) - Placed your faith in Jesus Christ, repented of your sins, and following His plan as best one can.
- Peacemaker - Offering and encouraging peaceful solutions to problems.
- New Believer - One who has been recently saved.
- Legacy Members - People of influence who have been involved in your particular church for a long time.
2. How many people live in this community?
3. How many of those that live in your community are "lost"?
4. Who is doing something about the lost that reside in your community? (i.e. Churches, groups, institutions, or individuals)
5. Is what they are doing making an impact upon "lostness?"
6. Among those that are lost in your community, do you think that they understand their need for salvation?
7. If no, then do you have a plan that will show them their "lostness"?
8. Do those in your community that you consider lost have any intrinsic desire to enter into your facilities for a worship service or any evangelistic event?
9. Of those that do have a desire to enter into your campus for a worship service do they do so from time to time? How many?
10. Do they stay long enough to find the only path to real salvation - Jesus?
11. If they don't stay, then why do you suppose they don't return?
12. Do those in the community who are lost resemble your legacy members, in appearance, in education, with their vehicles, homes, and finances? (Or rather, does the general makeup of your church's members mirror your church's community?)
13. If the community's lost show up in your church, will this cause problems?
14. If yes, then do you have a plan to address this?
15. If those who are lost become believers, will their "full" participation in your church be tolerated by the legacy members?
16. If no, then do you have a plan to address this?
17. Once a lost person comes to know Christ and is a new believer do you have a plan to mature their faith?
18. If yes, what does the maturing believer look like at various stages in your plan?
19. If you answered yes to any of the questions that involved a plan, is your plan working?
20. Are you - personally - not your church - doing enough/anything extraordinary to reach your community?
21. What are you going to do about the lostness in your community?
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