I found this great list of questions on Ben Arment’s blog. The answers to these questions will help determine your church’s fit in the community.
1. What kind of people want to come to our church?
2. What ministries are thriving with very little effort?
3. What kind of people serve the most?
4. Who is most invested in our church right now?
5. What kind of people do our hearts beat for?
6. Who is NOT coming to our church? Why?
7. What kind of people have come to Christ at our church?
8. Who are we uniquely positioned to reach?
9. Who is not being reached by other churches in our area?
10. Who are the “connectors” in our church? Who can they reach?
Andrew
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I have to say I don’t agree with the focus of some of these questions….
I think some of these questions marr the purpose of the meeting of the body of Christ in corporate worship…especially the question about who is attending your church.
When I look at the New Testament, the gathering for worship is not to be directed toward evangelism or the unsaved. The gathering of the body of Christ is for the “equipping of the saints”. Our ministries should mainly be focused toward discipleship and equipping the believers, so that between gathering times, they are winning the lost outside the church.
I truly believe “church” is not for the unsaved, church is for the believers, to become equipped and win the lost and bring them with them for discipleship.
I know many will disagree, but just what I see in scripture.