Episode 3.0 Notes: Understanding Your Community

Capture the “wow” of your new city.

If you don’t love your city, you’re not going to love the people of your city.

If you despise the people you will never change the place.

Be consistent in places.

Observe people.

If you faithfully look, you will find social fault lines you can address as a follower of Christ.

Be people who listen.

Try to put yourself in a position to spend time with the people in your city.

People love to help people. Let people know you don’t know.

How do I begin implementing what I have learned about the community? How can I begin to use it to serve people and grow the church?

“Choose a place to plant where you love to be, with people you love to be around.” -Mark Batterson

Many times, as churchplanters we want to be the martyr.

Know the place and the people so you can reason with the people for Jesus.

The longer we are in a place, the more people trust us.

Find out who your community gate keepers are.

If your church was to close today would your community notice and miss you?

We often go to a new place with assumptions based on where we came from.

Once you lose trust it is twice as hard to get it back.

Jesus always met people where they were.

Referenced Books/Resources

Exegeting your community questionnaire by Barry Whitworth

Learning your new city checklist by Eric McMahon

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